Bua language

Bua
Ba
Native toChad
Native speakers
(7,700 cited 1993 census)[1]
Dialects
  • Kawaway
Language codes
ISO 639-3bub
Glottologbuaa1245

The Bua language (also called Ba[2]) is spoken north of the Chari River around Korbol and Gabil in Chad. In 1993 it was spoken by some 8,000 people. It is the largest member of the small Bua group of languages and is mutually comprehensible with Fanian. Kawãwãy (Korom) may be a dialect or a distinct language.

Bua is a local lingua franca in Korbol Canton, due to the historical influence of the Korbol Caliphate since the late 1700s and 1800s. Speakers also live around Gabil (in the Guéra Region), and in Sarh and N'Djaména.[2]

  1. ^ Bua at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Lionnet was invoked but never defined (see the help page).