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.

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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.

Grand Bassa County languageSpoken Bassa language
Kru languages hasMember Bassa language
Bassa language Bassa language