Bacama language

Bacama (Bachama) is an Afro-Asiatic language of the Chadic branch that is spoken in Nigeria in Adamawa State principally in the Numan, Demsa and Lamurde Local Government Areas by the Bwatiye people.^[2] The Dialects are Mulyen, Opalo, and Wa-Duku. Bachama-Yimburu appears to be a closely related but is a distinct language. Bachama is used as a trade language.^[1] It is often considered the same language as Bata.

Bacama
Ɓwaare
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Adamawa State, Kogi State
Native speakers	300,000 (2020)[1]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic Biu–Mandara Bata (A.8) Bacama
Dialects	Mulyen Opalo Wa-Duku Demsa Bata
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bcy
Glottolog	baca1246  Bacama baca1245  Bacama-Yimburu

Numerals

Bachama has a decimal/quinary number system, with both 5 and 10 as bases:^[3]

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
hido	kpe	mwakin	fwot	tuf	tukoltaka	tukolukpe	fwofwot	dombi hido	bau

8 is 4-4, 6 and 7 are based on adding to 5, and 9 means '(10) less 1'.

Example Texts in Bacama

• Gibo ma ḅa ḍa motso da Pwa tsi ne ndso-nogi ka nji-nogi ka nogi. - Mark 3:35 (GWVS 1915) ^[4]

Other Resources available in Bacama

Audio Recordings in Bacama