Basa-Benue language

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
Basa-Benue
Tubasa
Native toNigeria
RegionBenue River
Native speakers
(100,000 cited 1973)[1]
Dialects
  • Basa-Kwomu
  • Basa-Makurdi
  • Basa-Gurara
  • Basa-Kwali
Language codes
ISO 639-3bzw
Glottologbasa1282
Basa[2]
LanguageTubasa

Basa speakers also often speak Igala or Nupe.[1]

References

  1. Basa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.


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