Alternate Names: Yoabou, Yoabu
Dialects: Tangamma, Waama.
Status Notes: Other speakers often use it in the market.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 50,000 (2000 SIL).
Language Use: Vigorous. Market, religion, preschools, home, neighborhood. All ages. Positive attitudes. Also use Baatonum [bba], Ditammari [tbz], French [fra], Nateni [ntm]. Used as L2 by Notre [bly].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 1%–10%. Newspapers. Radio programs. TV. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1994.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Benin
Other Comments: Traditional religion, Christian.