Basa languages

Basa
Ethnicity Basa people
Geographic
distribution		 Nigeria
Linguistic classification Niger–Congo
Glottolog basa1279[1]
Basa
Person bu-Basa
People a-Basa
Language ru-Basa

Basa is a cluster of Kainji languages scattered across Nigeria. They are spoken in distinct communities from Niger State in the northwest to Benue State in the south-centre. This means that the Basa may be the next most widespread people in Nigeria after the Hausa and Fula. Distant groups are not aware of each other, and those near their apparent homeland near the Kambari (Basa-Kontagora and Basa-Gumna) have lost their language.[2]

Languages

There are seven Basa languages:

 

 

 

Basa-Kontagora

 
 

Basa-Gumna

 
 
 

Kɔrɔmba (Basa-Gurmana)

 
 
 

 

 

Basa-Gurara

 
 

Basa-Kwali

 
 
 

 

Basa-Benue (Basa-Kwomu)

 
 

Basa-Makurdi

 
 
 

References

  1. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Basa". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  2. ↑ "Roger Blench: Basa languages". www.rogerblench.info. 2008. Retrieved 2017-07-20.


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