Bassa language
E833983
Bassa language is a Kru language of the Niger-Congo family spoken primarily by the Bassa people in Liberia and neighboring regions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bassa language canonical | 3 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Kru language
ⓘ
Niger-Congo language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| belongsToMacroArea | Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Liberia ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Bassa people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Niger-Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | bass1256 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Bassa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bassa Vah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCommunity | Bassa-speaking communities in Liberia ⓘ |
| hasDialects | regional varieties within Liberia ⓘ |
| hasEndonym | Ɓǎsɔ́ɔ̀ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasExonym | Bassa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticTypology |
analytic language tendencies
ⓘ
subject–verb–object word order ⓘ |
| hasNativeName | Ɓǎsɔ́ɔ̀ ⓘ |
| hasOrthography | standardized Latin-based orthography ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
nasal consonants ⓘ tone language ⓘ |
| hasScriptType | alphabetic ⓘ |
| hasStatus | regional language in Liberia ⓘ |
| iso639-3 | bsq ⓘ |
| isTaughtIn | some primary schools in Bassa-speaking areas of Liberia ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Western Kru NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamilyLevel |
Atlantic–Congo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Benue–Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ Volta–Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primarySpeakers | Bassa people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Liberia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Côte d’Ivoire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Liberia NERFINISHED ⓘ Sierra Leone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Kru NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
local literature
ⓘ
oral communication ⓘ religious texts ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Bassa Vah script
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.