Native to Nigeria ISO 639-3 bcy | Native speakers (150,000 cited 1992) Glottolog baca1246 | |
Region Adamawa State, Kaduna State Language family Afro-Asiatic
Chadic
Biu–Mandara
Bata (A.8)
Bacama | ||
Bacama (Bachama) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria in Adamawa State, principally in the Numan and Guyuk Local Government Areas, and in Kaduna State northeast of Kaduna town. Dialects are Mulyen, Opalo, and Wa-Duku. Bacama is used as a trade language. It is often considered the same language as Bata.
Numerals
Bacama has a decimal/quinary number system, with both 5 and 10 as bases:
8 is 4-4, 6 and 7 are based on adding to 5, and 9 means '(10) less 1'.
References
Bacama language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA