Basa-Benue language
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Basa | |
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Basa-Benue | |
Tubasa | |
Native to | Nigeria |
Region | Benue River |
Native speakers | (100,000 cited 1973)[1] |
Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | bzw |
Glottolog | basa1282 |
Basa[2] | |
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Language | Tubasa |
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]
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