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Basaa language

Basaa (also rendered 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.

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Orthography

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Phonology

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Ethnicity
Basaa people
Glottolog
basa1284
Guthrie code
A.43a
ISO 639-2
bas
ISO 639-3
bas
Language family
Atlantic–CongoBenue–CongoSouthern BantoidBantu (Zone A)Basaa languages (A.40)Basaa · Benue–CongoSouthern BantoidBantu (Zone A)Basaa languages (A.40)Basaa · Southern BantoidBantu (Zone A)Basaa languages (A.40)Basaa · Bantu (Zone A)Basaa languages (A.40)Basaa · Basaa languages (A.40)Basaa

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Phonology

Orthography

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Basaa language

Nodes36
Edges35
Triples14
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.055556
Components1

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Basaa language

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Language family · 6
Basaa language → Atlantic–CongoBenue–CongoSouthern BantoidBantu (Zone A)Basaa languages (A.40)Basaa, Bantu (Zone A)Basaa languages (A.40)Basaa, Basaa, Basaa languages (A.40)Basaa, Benue–CongoSouthern BantoidBantu (Zone A)Basaa languages (A.40)Basaa, Southern BantoidBantu (Zone A)Basaa languages (A.40)Basaa
Ethnicity · 1
Basaa language → Basaa people
Glottolog · 1
Basaa language → basa1284
Guthrie code · 1
Basaa language → A.43a
ISO 639-2 · 1
Basaa language → bas
ISO 639-3 · 1
Basaa language → bas
Native speakers · 1
Basaa language → 300,000 (2005 SIL)
Native to · 1
Basaa language → Cameroon
Region · 1
Basaa language → Centre and Littoral Provinces

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Important terminology

basaa spoken people ipa symbols littoral region bantu language 000 cameroon centre commune department unicode mbene 300 also north dialects

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Basaa languageEthnicityBasaa people1.00infobox
Basaa languageGlottologbasa12841.00infobox
Basaa languageGuthrie codeA.43a1.00infobox
Basaa languageISO 639-2bas1.00infobox
Basaa languageISO 639-3bas1.00infobox
Basaa languageLanguage familyAtlantic–CongoBenue–CongoSouthern BantoidBantu (Zone A)Basaa languages (A.40)Basaa1.00infobox
Basaa languageLanguage familyBenue–CongoSouthern BantoidBantu (Zone A)Basaa languages (A.40)Basaa1.00infobox
Basaa languageLanguage familySouthern BantoidBantu (Zone A)Basaa languages (A.40)Basaa1.00infobox
Basaa languageLanguage familyBantu (Zone A)Basaa languages (A.40)Basaa1.00infobox
Basaa languageLanguage familyBasaa languages (A.40)Basaa1.00infobox
Basaa languageLanguage familyBasaa1.00infobox
Basaa languageNative speakers300,000 (2005 SIL)1.00infobox
Basaa languageNative toCameroon1.00infobox
Basaa languageRegionCentre and Littoral Provinces1.00infobox

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