Basa languages

For the Bantu language spoken in Cameroon, see Basaa language. For the Kru language spoken in Liberia and Sierra Leone, see Bassa language.
Basa
Ethnicity: Basa people
Geographic
distribution:		 Nigeria
Linguistic classification:

Niger–Congo

Glottolog: basa1279[1]

Basa is a cluster of Kainji languages scattered across Nigeria. They are perhaps the most widespread people in Nigeria after the Hausa and Fulani. Distant groups are not aware of each other, and those near their apparent homeland near the Kambari (Basa-Kontagora and Basa-Gumna) have lost their language.

Languages

There are seven Basa languages:


Basa-Kontagora

Basa-Gumna

Kɔrɔmba (Basa-Gurmana)


Basa-Gurara

Basa-Kwali

Basa-Benue (Basa-Kwomu)

Basa-Makurdi




Notes

  1. ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Basa". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

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