Mbula-Bwazza language

Mbula-Bwazza
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Adamawa State
Native speakers	100,000 (2012)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu? (Zone A) Mbam Jarawan Nigerian Jarawan Numan Mbula-Bwazza
Dialects	Bwazza Mbula Tambo Kula Gwamba
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`mbu`
Glottolog	`mbul1260`^[2]

Mbula-Bwazza is one of the Jarawan Bantu languages of Nigeria. It is a dialect cluster; Blench (2011) divides it into several languages, as follows:

Bwazza
Mbula: Mbula, Tambo, Kula, Gwamba.

Bwazza Given Names:

"Zori" a male given name which translated as Pillar of a Family, and it therefore means "The embodiment of the foundation and principles that hold a family together".
Tureshi
Ifrem

References

↑ Mbula-Bwazza at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Mbula-Bwazza". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

Mbam languages

Sanaga	Leti Tuki

West	Bati Nomaande Nyokon Tunen Tuotomb Yambeta

Yambasa	Elip Mmaala Mbule Nubaca Nugunu Yangben

Jarawan	Bile Dulbu Gwa Jarawa Kulung Labir Lame Mama Mbula-Bwazza Shiki

Other	Bube

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