"Basa language (Nigeria)" redirects here. For the Bantu language spoken in Cameroon, see Basaa language. For the Kru language spoken in Liberia, see Bassa language. For other languages called Basa, see Basa language (disambiguation).
The Basa language, disambiguated as Basa-Benue, and also called Abacha, Abatsa, ru-Basa, Rubassa, is a Kainji language spoken in central Nigeria, in the vicinity of Bassa, Ankpa, Nasarawa, Gurara, Kwali and Makurdi.[1] Blench (2008) notes that Basa-Makurdi, Basa-Gurara and Basa-Kwali are separate varieties from Basa-Kwomu or Basa-Komo of Bassa, Ankpa and Nasarawa Local Government Areas and other Bassa speakers are Bassa Nge (also known as Bassa Nupe.
basa, benue, language, basa, language, nigeria, redirects, here, bantu, language, spoken, cameroon, basaa, language, language, spoken, liberia, bassa, language, other, languages, called, basa, basa, language, disambiguation, basa, language, disambiguated, basa. Basa language Nigeria redirects here For the Bantu language spoken in Cameroon see Basaa language For the Kru language spoken in Liberia see Bassa language For other languages called Basa see Basa language disambiguation The Basa language disambiguated as Basa Benue and also called Abacha Abatsa ru Basa Rubassa is a Kainji language spoken in central Nigeria in the vicinity of Bassa Ankpa Nasarawa Gurara Kwali and Makurdi 1 Blench 2008 notes that Basa Makurdi Basa Gurara and Basa Kwali are separate varieties from Basa Kwomu or Basa Komo of Bassa Ankpa and Nasarawa Local Government Areas and other Bassa speakers are Bassa Nge also known as Bassa Nupe BasaBasa Benueru basaNative toNigeriaRegionBenue RiverNative speakers 100 000 cited 1973 1 Language familyNiger Congo Atlantic CongoBenue CongoKainjiBasa languagesBasaDialectsBasa Kwomu Basa Komo Basa Makurdi Basa Gurara Basa Kwali Bassa Nge Bassa Nupe Language codesISO 639 3 a href https iso639 3 sil org code bzw class extiw title iso639 3 bzw bzw a Glottologbasa1282Basa 2 Personbu BasaPeoplea BasaLanguageru BasaBasa speakers also often speak the Igala language the Ebira language or the Nupe language 1 Dialects and distribution EditBasa Kwomu Basa Komo dialect spoken in the states of Kogi and Nasarawa in Bassa Ankpa and Nasarawa Local Government Areas Basa Makurdi dialect spoken in the state of Benue in Makurdi Local Government Area Basa Gurara dialect spoken in the state of Niger in Gurara Local Government Area Basa Kwali dialect spoken in the Federal Capital Territory in Kwali Local Government Area Bassa Nge Bassa Nupe dialect spoken in Kogi State and Niger State by the Bassa Nge people who also speak the Tako dialect of the Nupe language References Edit a b c Basa at Ethnologue 18th ed 2015 subscription required Blench Roger 2019 An Atlas of Nigerian Languages 4th ed Cambridge Kay Williamson Educational Foundation This article about Kainji languages is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Basa Benue language amp oldid 1130700758, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
