Basaa
E557636
Basaa is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Basaa people in Cameroon.
All labels observed (2)
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bantu language
ⓘ
Cameroonian language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Cameroon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | basa1284 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Bassa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bassa (Cameroon) NERFINISHED ⓘ Bassaá NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasApproximateSpeakers | hundreds of thousands ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup | Basaa people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
noun class system
ⓘ
tone language ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticTypology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| hasOrthography | standardized Latin-based orthography ⓘ |
| hasPhylum | Niger–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStandardizationEffortsBy | Cameroonian language committees ⓘ |
| hasSubclassification |
Atlantic–Congo languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Benue–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Bantoid languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isDifferentFrom | Bassa language (Liberia) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| iso639-3Code | bas ⓘ |
| isSpokenPrimarilyBy | Basaa ethnic group ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Bantu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Centre Region of Cameroon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Littoral Region of Cameroon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Basaa people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Cameroon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Narrow Bantu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subgroup | Sawabantu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication among Basaa people
ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ traditional songs and storytelling ⓘ |
| usedIn |
local education in parts of Cameroon
ⓘ
radio broadcasting in Cameroon ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Basa