Basa-Benue language

Basa
Basa-Benue
Native to Nigeria
Region Benue River
Native speakers
 (100,000 cited 1973)[1]
Dialects
  • Basa-Kwomu
  • Basa-Makurdi
  • Basa-Gurara
  • Basa-Kwali
Language codes
ISO 639-3 bzw
Glottolog basa1282[2]

Basa, disambiguated as Basa-Benue, and also called Abacha, Abatsa, Bassa-Komo, Bassa-Kwomu, Rubasa, Rubassa, is a Kainji language spoken in central Nigeria, in the vicinity of Bassa, Ankpa, Nasarawa, and Kwali Local Government Areas and of the city of Makurdi.[1] Blench (2008) notes that Basa-Makurdi, Basa-Gurara, and Basa-Kwali are separate varieties from Bassa of Bassa LGA.

Basa speakers also often speak Igala or Nupe.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Basa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Basa (Nigeria)". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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