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Bachama (Bachama) is an Afro-Asiatic language 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 distinct language. Bachama is used as a trade language.[1] It is often considered the same language as Bata. There are also Egyptian, South African and Ethiopian descendants that settled and are Nigerian citizens.

Bachama
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Adamawa State
Native speakers	(150,000 cited 1992)[1]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic Biu–Mandara Bata (A.8) Bachama
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

Notes

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