| Kwah | |
|---|---|
| Baa | |
| nyaa Báà | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Numan LGA,Adamawa State |
Native speakers | (7,000 cited 1992)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
| |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kwb |
| Glottolog | kwaa1262 |
| Báà[2] | |
|---|---|
| Person | raBáà |
| People | Báà |
| Language | nyaa Báà |
Kwah (Kwa), also known asBaa (Bàː[3]), is aNiger–Congo language of uncertain affiliation; the more it has been studied, the more divergent it appears. Joseph Greenberg counted it as one of theBambukic languages of theAdamawa family. Boyd (1989) assigned it its own branch within Waja–Jen. Kleinewillinghöfer (1996) removed it from Waja–Jen as an independent branch of Adamawa. When Blench (2008) broke up Adamawa, Kwah became a provisional independent branch of his largerSavannas family.
Blench (2019) lists the locations of Baa as Gyakan and Kwa towns (located near Munga) inNuman LGA,Adamawa State, Nigeria. One Baa-speaking person (singular) israBáà (sg.), and more than one would beBáà (pl.); the language is referred to by speakers asnyaa Báà.[2] The Baa varieties in each of the two towns differ primarily in phonology.[4]
Baa traditional religion has two main deities, Gbandima and Kassimin.[5]
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