Bacama language

{{Short description|Chadic language spoken in Nigeria}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Bacama

|altname=Ɓwaare

|states=Nigeria

|region=Adamawa State, Kogi State

|speakers={{sigfig|304,000|1}}

|date=2020

|ref=e25

|dia1=Mulyen

|dia2=Opalo

|dia3=Wa-Duku

|dia4=Demsa Bata

|script=Latin

|familycolor=Afro-Asiatic

|fam2=Chadic

|fam3=Biu–Mandara

|fam4=Bata (A.8)

|iso3=bcy

|glotto=baca1246

|glottoname=Bacama

|glotto2=baca1245

|glottoname2=Bacama-Yimburu

}}

Bacama (Bachama) is an Afro-Asiatic language of the Chadic branch that is spoken in Nigeria in Adamawa State principally in the Numan, Demsa and Lamurde Local Government Areas by the Bwatiye people.{{Cite journal |last=Carnochan |first=J |year=1967 |title=The Coming of the Fulani: A Bachama Oral Tradition |journal=Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London |publisher=Cambridge University Press |volume=30 |number=3 |pages=622–633 |doi=10.1017/S0041977X00132082 |jstor=612391 |s2cid=144140973 |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/612391|url-access=subscription }} The Dialects are Mulyen, Opalo, and Wa-Duku. Bachama-Yimburu appears to be a closely related but is a distinct language. Bachama is used as a trade language. It is often considered the same language as Bata.