| Baldemu | |
| Also Known As: | Mbazlam |
| Nativename: | Baldare |
| States: | Cameroon |
| Region: | Far North Province |
| Coordinates: | 10.85°N 52°W |
| Speakers: | 4 |
| Date: | 2003 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Afro-Asiatic |
| Fam2: | Chadic |
| Fam3: | Biu–Mandara |
| Fam4: | North |
| Fam5: | Maroua[1] |
| Iso3: | bdn |
| Glotto: | bald1241 |
| Glottorefname: | Baldemu |
Baldemu, or Mbazlam, is a nearly extinct Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon. Baldamu is spoken in Bogo commune, Diamaré department, Far North Region by only 5 speakers as of 2012.[2] Speakers have been shifting to Fulfulde.
The language is (or was) known as Baldemu or Baldare to its speakers.[3] It is sometimes rendered Baldamu, Balda, Mbazlam, or Mbazla.[2]
Baldamu is mentioned in Bryan and Westermann's Handbook of African Languages under the name Balda, suspected to be only a toponym. It is most closely related to Giziga, Mofu Duvangar, and Mofu Gudur according to C. Seignobos and H. Tourneux.[2]
Since migrating from the surrounding mountains to the village of Balda, Baldemu speakers have shifted to Fulfulde. Baldemu speakers who migrated to Kaélé similarly shifted to Mundang.[3]