Kofa
Kota; Gbwata; Batta; Demsa Bata; Gboati; Gbwate; Bete; Birsa; Dunu; Gwate; Dii; Muleng;
Afro-Asiatic; Chadic; Biu-Mandara
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Hausa, Fulfulde
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"[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."
2003
Location and Context
Nigeria
8.917634, 12.518005;9.562834, 12.141151;9.459222, 12.427483
Adamawa State, Nigeria
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Adamawa State, Nigeria
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Hausa, Fulfulde
Trade, with friends, wider communication
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.
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