ISO 639-3 · btabta
Afroasiatic family
Bata
Bata is a language of the Biu–Mandara branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Cameroon and Nigeria. Wikidata describes it as “Afroasiatic language spoken in Nigeria and Cameroon”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
bta- Glottocode
bata1314- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 6a Vigorous
- Wikipedia
- 10 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
3levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Bata |
|---|---|
| Also called | Bata language, Kofa, Batta |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to Bata
The branches above Bata, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Cameroon
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalfraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationalhauHausaAfroasiatic · 43.9 m2 · ProvincialkauKanuriNilo-Saharan · 15 mkncCentral KanuriNilo-Saharan · 9.3 m3 · Wider CommunicationshuChadian Arabicunclassified · 2.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationwesCameroon Pidginunclassified · 2 m3 · Wider CommunicationbumBuluNiger–Congo · 860,0003 · Wider CommunicationfanFangNiger–Congo · 858,0003 · Wider CommunicationewoEwondoNiger–Congo · 578,0003 · Wider Communication