Bariba language

Bariba
Bariba
Person	Baatɔnu
People	Baatɔmbu
Language	Baatɔnum

Bariba
Bariba
Baatɔnum
Native to	Benin, Nigeria, Togo, Burkina Faso, Niger
Region	Borgu
Ethnicity	Bariba people
Native speakers	(1.1 million cited 1995–2021)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Savannas Gur? Bariba; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin
Official status
Recognised minority; language in	Benin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bba
Glottolog	baat1238

Bariba, also known as Baatonum, is the language of the Bariba people and was the language of the state of Borgu. The native speakers are called Baatombu (singular Baatonu),^[2] Barba, Baruba, Berba and a number of various other names and spellings.

It is primarily spoken in Benin, but also across the border in adjacent Kwara State and Niger State, Nigeria, and some Bariba are in Togo, Burkina Faso and Niger. Welmers (1952) reported the Bariba language as spoken in the cities of Nikki, Parakou, Kandi, and Natitingou.^[3]

^ Bariba at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)
^ Abdu, Hussaini (January 2019). Partitioned Borgu: State, Society and Politics in a West African Border Region (HB). United Kingdom: Adonis and Abbey publishers. ISBN 978-1-906704-216.
^ Cite error: The named reference Welmers was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[e26-1] Bariba at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)

[2] Abdu, Hussaini (January 2019). Partitioned Borgu: State, Society and Politics in a West African Border Region (HB). United Kingdom: Adonis and Abbey publishers. ISBN 978-1-906704-216.

[Welmers-3] Cite error: The named reference Welmers was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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