Basa-Benue language

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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
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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Basa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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