Bata (Gbwata) ko ɗemngal Afro-Aasiyankeewal haalteengal e nder leydi Naajeriya e nder diiwaan Adamawa e nder diiwaan hukuumare Numan, Song, Fufore e Jimeta gire Yola maiha Demsa lamorde LGAs, e nder Kamerun e nder diiwaan Fuɗnaange haa keerol hakkunde leydi Najeriya. Ɗemɗe ɗe ngoni: Demsa, Garoua, Jirai, Kobotaci, Malabu, Ndeewe, Ribaw, Wadi, Zumu (Jimo).[1] Ina heewi limteede ko ɗemngal gootal e Bacama.[2]

Inɗe Blench (2019) limtii Bwatye (enndonim: Ɓwaare; eksonim: Bachama) ko sifaa ɗemngal ɓadiiɗo. Ɓe ngoni ko e diiwaan Adamawa (LGA Numan e Guyuk) e diiwaan Kaduna (fuɗnaange-rewo wuro Kaduna).[3] Ina wiyee kadi Kwā ɓwàryē.[3]

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ALCAM (2012) limtii Gbwata (Bwaara e nder leydi Najeriya) ko sifaa keeriiɗo gooto e Bata. Haalooɓe ɓee ina noddira ɗemngal mum en « ɗemngal Gbwata en », ina wiyee Magbwatá, Magbwati walla Magbwatiye to Kamerun.[4]

Ɗemɗe To leydi Kamerun, Gbwata ina waɗi sifaaji tati:[5]

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Demsa (komin Demsa e nder departemaa Bénoué, woni e keerol leydi Nijeeriya, 30 km worgo-fuɗnaange Garoua) Kokoumi (komin Garoua, departemaa Bénoué, woni daande maayo Benue) Faro (Jelepo e nder komin Beka, departemaa Faro) Ndeewe ko ɗemngal Gbwata en hoɗɓe e daande maayo Faro e Benue, ɗo "bataaji ndema" koɗi. Jooni ko yimɓe seeɗa tan kaalata ɗum.[6]

Bacama ko leñol Gbwata jooɗiiɗo e nder leydi Nijeer.[7]

Haalooɓe ina ngoni 2 500 e nder leydi Kamerun.

Fonoloji Konnguɗi Retrofleks alveolar labial caggal-alv./ Labio- velar Glotal Nofru m n (ɲ) Darnugo/ Afrikaaji ɗi ngalaa daande p t k k͡p ʔ daande b d (d͡ʒ) ɡ ɡ͡b ko adii nofru ᵐb ⁿd (ⁿd͡ʒ) ᵑɡ ᵑɡ͡b ɓ ɗ ɓuuɓɗo Daande frikatif f s (ʃ) h daande v z ko adii nofru ⁿz Rotik ɽ ɭ bannge Ko ɓadii j w Soklaaji [ɲ, ʃ, d͡ʒ ⁿd͡ʒ] ina mbaawi feeñde e cuɓagol ko wayi no daandeeji keertiiɗi, walla ko allofonuuji /n, s, z, ⁿz/ e nder nokkuuji palatal.[8] Wowel Yeeso Cakaare Caggal Uddit i ɯ u Hakkunde e ə o Uddit a

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  1. Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
  2. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
  3. Bata materials from Raymond Boyd
  4. Binam Bikoi, Charles, ed. (2012). Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM) [Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon]. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC) (in Farayseere). 1: Inventaire des langues. Yaoundé: CERDOTOLA. ISBN 9789956796069.
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