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.

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
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) (subscription required)
  2. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.


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