Alternate Names: Banda, Dzowo, Jogo, Ligwi, Namasa, Nigbi, Nigwi, Tsie, Tuba, Weela, Weila, Wiila
Dialects: Atumfuor (Atumfuor-Kasa), Bungase, Dwera (Manji-Kasa), Gyogo, Hwela (Vwela, Weela, Weila, Wiila), Ntoleh.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 15,000 in Ghana (2003 GILLBT). Population total all countries: 19,000.
Language Use: Also use Akan [aka].
Language Development: Grammar.
Writing System: Unwritten
Nation of Origin: Ghana
Other Comments: Ethnonym: Banda, also refers to Nafaanra language speakers. Numu is a caste of blacksmiths who speak the same dialect. Muslim, traditional religion.