They speak a Chadic language similar to that of the Ron tribe and are closely related to the Gera tribe. The area in which the Daffo-Batura live is beautiful, with waterfalls and undulating highlands. The Daffo-Batura have become somewhat modernized in recent years and education has become more important.
Most parents now desire their children attend school.
Many have moved to the cities in search of wage labor and some have become businessmen. Since their homeland is conducive to agriculture, many Daffo-Batura are farmers, growing millet and guinea corn as well as raising livestock. They live in compact villages protected by hedges or walls. Huts are round with conical thatched roofs and mud walls, and are grouped in enclosed family compounds. A village headman handles affairs at the local level.