Bassari language
Basari | |
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Oniyan | |
Native to | Guinea, Senegal |
Ethnicity | Bassari |
Native speakers | (23,000 cited 1991–2006)[1] |
Niger–Congo
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
bsc |
Glottolog |
bass1258 [2] |
Person | aliyan |
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People | biliyan |
Language | oniyan |
Country | Liyan |
Basari, or Oniyan (Onian, Onëyan, Ayan, Biyan, Wo), is a Senegambian language of Senegal and Guinea spoken by traditional hunter-gatherers.
Writing system
This is the writing system of Senegal:
A | B | Ɓ | C | D | Ɗ | E | Ë | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | Ñ | Ŋ | O | P | R | S | Ŝ | T | U | W | Y | Ƴ |
a | b | ɓ | c | d | ɗ | e | ë | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | ñ | ŋ | o | p | r | s | ŝ | t | u | w | y | ƴ |
- ĥ, ŵ, ŷ are the consonants h, w, y nasalised.
- When vowels e and o are open, they have the acute accent: é, ó.
References
- ↑ Basari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Bassari". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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