For a Kru language spoken in Liberia and Sierra Leone, see Bassa language. For a Kainji language spoken in Nigeria, see Basa language.
Basaa
Mbene
ɓasaá, ɓàsàa
Native to
Cameroon
Region
Centre and Littoral Provinces
Ethnicity
Basaa people
Native speakers
300,000 (2005 SIL)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
Atlantic–Congo
Benue–Congo
Southern Bantoid
Bantu (Zone A)
Basaa languages (A.40)
Basaa
Language codes
ISO 639-2
bas
ISO 639-3
bas
Glottolog
basa1284
Guthrie code
A.43a[2]
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Basaa (also spelled Bassa, Basa, Bissa), or Mbene, is a Bantu language spoken in Cameroon by the Basaa people. It is spoken by about 300,000 people in the Centre and Littoral regions.
Maho (2009) lists North and South Kogo as dialects.
^Basaa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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