Social:Basa-Gumna language
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Short description: Extinct Kainji language of Nigeria
| Basa-Gumna | |
|---|---|
| Basa Kuta, Basa-Kaduna, Gwadara Basa[1] | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Chanchaga |
| Extinct | by 1987[2] |
Niger–Congo
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bsl |
| Glottolog | basa1280[3] |
Basa-Gumna (also known as Basa Kuta, Basa-Kaduna or Gwadara Basa[1]) is an extinct Kainji language[4] of Nigeria. It was spoken in Chanchaga, Niger state, and Nasarawa, near the Basa homeland. Speakers have shifted to Hausa.
Gumna is situated about 10 kilometers to the west of the Tegina-Zungeru road. Around 1963, Basa-Gumna speakers moved to the road and currently live in Yakila town, where only two semi-speakers were found in 1986. They also live two nearby hamlets, both called Basa, which are located west of the road.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Bassa-Kuta". LINGUIST List. http://multitree.org/codes/bsl.html.
- ↑ "Basa-Gumna". Ethnologue. https://www.ethnologue.com/language/bsl. "The last fluent speaker shifted to Hausa [hau] by 1987."
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds (2017). "Basa-Gumna". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/basa1280.
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds (2017). "Basa-Gumna". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/basa1280.
- ↑ Blench, Roger (2012). "The Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria". Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation. http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Niger-Congo/BC/Kainji/General/Kainji%20language%20overview.pdf.
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