The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: BDE
ISO 639-2: afa
| Population | 250,000 (1993). |
| Region | Yobe State, Bade LGA; Jigawa State, Hadejia LGA. |
| Alternate names | BEDDE, BEDE, GIDGID |
| Dialects | GASHUA BADE (MAZGARWA), SOUTHERN BADE (BADE-KADO), WESTERN BADE (MAGWARAM. MAAGWARAM), SHIRAWA. |
| Classification | Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, West, B, B.1, Bade Proper. |
| Comments | Closely related to Duwai and Ngizim, but separate languages. Fair degree of bilingualism in Hausa, Kanuri, or Fulani. Large ethnic population, but finding competent speakers of Bade is becoming difficult because of a shift to Hausa. Shirawa dialect is extinct. Muslim, traditional religion, Christian. |
