| Also Known As: Kibala,Libaali,Kibali,Dhibali,Kibaali,Baali,Maya,Ibaali,Abaali,Bibaali
Description:
Bali (also known as Bibaali, Maya, Abaali, Ibaale, or Ibaali) is a Niger-Congo language spoken by 100,000 people (as of 2006) in Demsa, Adamawa, Nigeria.
To start with the word “Bali” (also known as Bibaali, Maya, Ibaale, Abaali, Ibaale or Ibaali) is used to refer to the communities that settled at these villages: Farabaune, Tashan Gurgu, Geidam/Tamgum, Tagombali Center, Duwo, Tamwa, Badan, Kwafara, Gidan-Rimi, Tamshe, Bali, and Bomni located on Numan-Jalingo Highway about 20 km from Numan. Others who settled in the interior are: Janawuri, Salem (Babgye), Tagombali Dutse, Tangshi, Guri, Guri Kasuwa, Dingle, Kwabak, and Ubgo (Dingle Dutse) who speak Congo-Ubanpi language as classified by Blench and others. Presently, Bali people are found in Demsa, Numan, Mayo Belwa Local Government areas of Adamawa State and Lau Local Government area of Taraba State. Majority of the people are agriculturalist, though there are traders, herdsmen and civil servants among them.
Like any other ethnic groups in Nigeria, the Bali claims that they entered the Nigeria region from the east. The Bali, for example claim that they entered the Nigerian region from the Republic of Congo and through gradual..... full article at Wikipedia |
