Alternate Names: Bada’, Badanchi, Badawa, Bat, Garaka, Jar, Jarawan Kogi, Kanna, Mbada, Mbadawa, Plains Jarawa, River Jarawa
Dialects: Galamkya (Gidgid, Gyanggyang), Mbat (Gagdi-Gum). Mbat and Galamkya are mutually intelligible, Mbat intelligible to Duguri ,, Duguri , intelligible to Mbat but not Galamkya, Kantana , marginally intelligible to Galamkya and Mbat. Lexical similarity: Mbat 82% with Galamkya, 75% with Duguri ,, 67% with Kantana ,, 64% with Gwak ,, 63% with Bankal ,, 41% with Labir ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 40,000 (2006 SIL), increasing.
Language Use: Home, village, market, school. All ages. Very positive attitudes. Also use English [eng], Hausa [hau].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: Many under 40 are literate in Hausa [hau] and English [eng]. Used in some schools but not yet written.
Nation of Origin: Nigeria
Other Comments: Traditional religion, Christian (Protestant), Muslim.