Basa languages

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.[1]

For the Bantu language spoken in Cameroon, see Basaa language. For the Kru language spoken in Liberia and Sierra Leone, see Bassa language. For the common East Asian word meaning "language", see Bhāṣā.
Basa
EthnicityBasa people
Geographic
distribution		Nigeria
Linguistic classificationNiger–Congo
Glottologbasa1279
Basa
Personbu-Basa
Peoplea-Basa
Languageru-Basa

Languages

There are eight Basa languages:

 
 
 

Basa-Kontagora

 
 

Basa-Gumna

 
 

Bassa Nge (Bassa nupe)

 
 
 

Kɔrɔmba (Basa-Gurmana)

 
 
 
 
 

Basa-Gurara

 
 

Basa-Kwali

 
 
 
 

Basa-Benue (Basa-Kwomu)

 
 

Basa-Makurdi

 
 

Bassa Nge (Nupe Bassa)

 
 
 

References
  1. "Roger Blench: Basa languages". www.rogerblench.info. 2008. Retrieved 2017-07-20.


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