Editing Bua language (section)

{{Short description|Language of Chad}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Bua
|altname=Ba
|states=[[Chad]]
|speakers={{sigfig|7710|2}}
|date=1993 census
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Niger-Congo
|fam2=[[Atlantic–Congo languages|Atlantic–Congo]]
|fam3=[[Volta-Congo]]
|fam4=[[Savanna languages|Savannas]]
|fam5=[[Mbum–Day languages|Mbum–Day]]
|fam6=[[Bua languages|Bua]]
|dia1=Kawaway
|iso3=bub
|glotto=buaa1245
|glottorefname=Bua
}}

The '''Bua language''' (also called '''Ba'''<ref name="Lionnet"/>) is spoken north of the [[Chari River]] around [[Korbol]] and [[Gabil]] in [[Chad]]. In 1993 it was spoken by some 8,000 people. It is the largest member of the small [[Bua languages|Bua group]] of languages and is mutually comprehensible with [[Fanian language|Fanian]]. Kawãwãy (Korom) may be a dialect or a distinct language.

Bua is a local [[lingua franca]] in [[Korbol]] Canton, due to the historical influence of the Korbol Caliphate since the late 1700s and 1800s. Speakers also live around Gabil (in the [[Guéra Region]]), and in [[Sarh]] and [[N'Djaména]].<ref name="Lionnet"/>