Busa language (Mande)

Busa, or Bisã, is the Mande language of the former Bussa Emirate in Nigeria. It is called Busanchi in Hausa, and has also been called Zugweya.

Not to be confused with Busa language (Papuan) or Bissa language.
Busa
Bisã
Native toNigeria
Native speakers
110,000 (2012)[1]
Mande
  • Eastern
    • Bisa–Busa
      • Samo–Busa
        • Busa languages
          • Busa–Boko
            • Busa
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
bqp – Busa
bus – Busa-Bokobaru
Glottologbusa1253  Busa
boko1267  Bokobaru
Busa[2]
PersonBusa
PeopleBusano
LanguageBìsã́

Orthography

Busa language has 32 letters (Aa, Ãã, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ɛɛ, Ɛ̃ɛ̃, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Ĩĩ, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Ɔɔ, Ɔ̃ɔ̃, Pp, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Ũũ, Vv, Ww, Yy, Zz) and 25 digraphs (Aa aa, Ãa ãa, Ee ee, Ẽe ẽe, Ɛɛ ɛɛ, Ɛ̃ɛ ɛ̃ɛ, Gb gb, Ii ii, Ĩi ĩi, Kp kp, Oo oo, Ɔ̃ɔ ɔ̃ɔ, Uu uu, Ũu ũu, gw, mb, mp, nd, ng, nk, ns, nt, nz).[3]

High tones are marked with an acute accent (´) and low tones are marked with a grave accent (`).[4]

References
  1. Busa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Busa-Bokobaru at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
  3. "ScriptSource - Error - Writing System Not Found".
  4. "ScriptSource - Error - Writing System Not Found".


  1. "ScriptSource - Error - Writing System Not Found".
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