The Butawa are a people of Bauchi State, named among the state's ethnic groups by Wikipedia.
The Butawa are a people of Bauchi State, named among the state's ethnic groups by Wikipedia. Other names include Buta, à-ndi-Gamo. Wikipedia places the Butawa in the centre of the state. Blench's Atlas gives Butawa as a name of the Gamo, whose language, Gamo, belongs to the Gamo–Ningi cluster of Ningi LGA; of some thirty-two Gamo settlements, only Kurmi still spoke the language in 1974, and most of the people speak Hausa. Wikipedia's language table places them in Ningi LGA.
- à-ndi-Gamo
- Buta
- Bauchi State — Wikipedia · link
- An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (2020 edition) — Roger Blench, Kay Williamson Educational Foundation / McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, 2020 · link
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- Needs corroboration: The evidence is thin or incomplete; more sources are being sought.
- Disputed: Credible sources or community accounts disagree; the differing accounts are noted.
- Uncertain: There is not yet enough information to classify this responsibly.
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Archive ID: ETH-BUTAWA · Last updated 1 October 2026.
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