Basa-Benue language
For the Bantu language spoken in Cameroon, see Basaa language. For the Kru language spoken in Liberia and Sierra Leone, see Bassa language.
| Basa | |
|---|---|
| Basa-Benue | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Benue River |
Native speakers | unknown (100,000 cited 1973)[1] |
| Dialects |
Basa-Kwomu
Basa-Makurdi
Basa-Gurara
Basa-Kwali
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| 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 2 3 Basa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Basa (Nigeria)". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
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