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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Nigeria > Mbula-Bwazza

Mbula-Bwazza

A language of Nigeria

ISO 639-3mbu

Population  40,600 (2000). 10,000 Bwazza, 20,000 Tambo, 5,000 to 10,000 Mbula.
Region  Adamawa state, Numan, Guyuk, Song, Demsa LGAs.
Language map  Nigeria, Map 5, reference number 258
Dialects  Bwazza (Bwaza, Bwa’za, Bare, Bere, Tambo), Mbula.
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Jarawan, Nigerian
Language use  Also use Dera [kna], Longuda [lnu], Bacama [bcy], Bata [bta], Kaan [ldl], Hausa [hau], Fulfulde [fuv], or English.
Comments  Primary schools in major villages; a few secondary schools. Agriculturalists: maize, millet, guinea corn, peanuts, cassava, sweet potatoes, cocoyam, bananas, sugarcane; fishermen; animal husbandry: horses, goats, sheep, pigs. Traditional religion, Christian.