For the Bantu language spoken in Cameroon, see Basaa language . For the Kru language spoken in Liberia and Sierra Leone, see Bassa language .
Basa Native to Nigeria Region Benue River Native speakers
(100,000 cited 1973)[1] Language family
Dialects
Basa-Kwomu
Basa-Makurdi
Basa-Gurara
Basa-Kwali
ISO 639-3 bzw
Glottolog basa1282
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 (of Gurara ), and Basa-Kwali are separate varieties from Bassa of Bassa LGA and other bassa speakers are Bassa Nge .
Basa speakers also often speak Igala or Nupe .[1]
References [ ]
^ 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.
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