Mbula-Bwazza language

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

{{Infobox language

|name=Mbula-Bwazza

|nativename=Ɓwázà

|states=Nigeria

|region=Adamawa State

|speakers=100,000

|date=2012

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Volta-Congo

|fam4=Benue–Congo

|fam5=Bantoid

|fam6=Southern Bantoid

|fam7=Bantu

|fam8=Mbam-Bube-Jarawan

|fam9=Jarawan

|fam10=Nigerian Jarawan

|fam11=Numan

|iso3=mbu

|glotto=mbul1260

|glottorefname=Mbula-Bwazza

|dia2=Mbula

|dia1=Bwazza

|dia3=Tambo

|dia4=Kula

|dia5=Gwamba

}}

{{Infobox ethnonym|person=Ɓwà Ɓwàzà|people=àɓwàzà|language=Ɓwázà|root=Ɓwaza{{Cite book|title=An Atlas of Nigerian Languages|last=Blench|first=Roger|publisher=Kay Williamson Educational Foundation|year=2019|edition=4th|location=Cambridge}}}}

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

  • Bwazza
  • Mbula: Mbula, Tambo, Kula, Gwamba

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Category:Jarawan languages

Category:Languages of Nigeria

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Category:Ethnic groups in Adamawa State