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ALSO KNOWN AS		Kota, Gbwata, Batta, Demsa Bata, Gboati, Gbwate, Bete, Birsa, Dunu, Gwate, Dii, Muleng
CLASSIFICATION		Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, Biu-Mandara
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		kso
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Malabu Ribaw Zumu Demsa Ndeewe Wadi Jirai Garoua Kobotachi
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Information from: “Language shift from mother tongue towards Fulfulde in Adamawa State, Nigeria: causes and consequences” (296-225) . Fakuade, Gbenga and Gambo, Matudi and Bashir, Abdullahi (2003)

Vulnerable

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"[This research] give[s] clear indications that there is a shift from the mother tongue towards Fulfulde in the study area... Fulfulde has intruded into more and more domains of life and assumed more and more functions among the different ethnic groups in the study area. Other languages are less and less used and are finally threatened as the languages of the home."

DOMAINS OF USE

TRANSMISSION

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100% of Bata-speaking respondents reported speaking Bata with their parents, their children, and in their immediate community.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Hausa
Fulfulde

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

100% of Bata-speaking respondents reported using only Fulfulde and Hausa with friends, "when discussing serious issues," as trade languages, and as the expected languages of wider communication.

PLACES: Nigeria

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Adamawa State, Nigeria

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,100
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2003

				3	2003	Language shift from mother tongue towards Fulfulde in Adamawa State, Nigeria: causes and consequences		296-225					Anthropological linguistics	45							Fakuade, Gbenga and Gambo, Matudi and Bashir, Abdullahi	Fakuade, Gbenga, Matudi Gambo and Abdullahi Bashir. 2003. "Language Shift From Mother Tongue Towards Fulfulde in Adamawa State, Nigeria: Causes and Consequences." In Anthropological linguistics, 45 , no. 3: 296-225.	EBALL								"[This research] give[s] clear indications that there is a shift from the mother tongue towards Fulfulde in the study area... Fulfulde has intruded into more and more domains of life and assumed more and more functions among the different ethnic groups in the study area. Other languages are less and less used and are finally threatened as the languages of the home."				Trade, with friends, wider communication	Hausa, Fulfulde				100% of Bata-speaking respondents reported using only Fulfulde and Hausa with friends, "when discussing serious issues," as trade languages, and as the expected languages of wider communication.		Almost all	Vulnerable (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	10		100% of Bata-speaking respondents reported speaking Bata with their parents, their children, and in their immediate community.	13				Nigeria	Adamawa State, Nigeria	8.917634, 12.518005;9.562834, 12.141151;9.459222, 12.427483
			16		2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)				M. Paul Lewis		SIL International			Dallas, TX					http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub					1,100	2003	1000-9999													Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

Kofa

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Vulnerable

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,100

Discussion

Kofa

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Vulnerable

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,100

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