ABSTRACT
This report is based on research in progress in the Northeast State of Nigeria. The author is a Senior Research Fellow with the Centre for the study of Nigerian languages, Ahmadu Bello University and is currently based in Gashua, the headquarters of the Bade Division. The main informant for Western Bade (Koelle's Bode) was Múuzà Gàná of Amshì; the main informant for Duwai (Koelle's Dó:ai)was Zènábá, known as Ba'áskárè, of Gàngàwà; the main informant for Ngizim (Koelle's Dgó:djin)was Máalàm Dán Bòoyí Kwàaná of Potiskum. Most of the Ngizim research was conducted in Potiskum during 1969–70 under the auspices of a US National Science Foundation grant, no. GS-2279 (Paul Newman, Principal Investigator).
