Yasa language

Yasa
Bongwe
Spoken in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon
Ethnicity Yasa, Pygmies
Native speakers 2,400  (date missing)
Language family
Language codes
ISO 639-3 yko

Yasa (Yassa) is a Bantu language of Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea by Ndowe coastal fishing people. It is also spoken by Pygmies, perhaps Babongo, in Gabon.

Yasa also goes by the names Bongwe, Lyaasa, and Maasa. Dialects are Iyasa, Bweko, Vendo, Bodele, Marry, One, Asonga, Bomui, Mogana, Mooma, Mapanga. It may in turn be a dialect of Kombe.

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