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Bassa
Ɓǎsɔ́ɔ̀ (𖫢𖫧𖫳𖫒𖫨𖫰𖫨𖫱)
Native toLiberia, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone
Native speakers
410,000 (2006)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Kru
      • Western
        • Bassa
          • Bassa
Writing system
Bassa Vah alphabet (Vah)
Language codes
ISO 639-3bsq
Glottolognucl1418

The Bassa language is a Kru language spoken by about 600,000 Bassa people in Liberia, Ivory Coast, and Sierra Leone.

  1. ^ Bassa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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liquid, is grouped into the same color classification as black. In the Bassa language, there are two terms for classifying colors; ziza (white, yellow, orange...

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