Alternate Names: Bibaali, Ekpali, Ibaali, Maya
Dialects: None known. Adequate intelligibility of Kpasham ,; low intelligibility of Yotti ,; no intelligibility of Yendang ,. Lexical similarity: 54% with Kpasham ,; 35% with Yotti ,; 8% with Yendang ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 2,000 (1991 R. Blench).
Language Use: All ages. Also use Bacama [bcy], Hausa [hau], Nigerian Fulfulde [fuv].
Language Development: Bible portions: 2011.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Nigeria
Other Comments: Ethnic autonym: Ibaali. Christian, traditional religion.