Basa-Gumna language

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Basa-Gumna
Basa Kuta, Basa-Kaduna, Gwadara Basa [1]
Native to Nigeria
Region Chanchaga
Extinct by 1987 [2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 bsl
Glottolog basa1280

Basa-Gumna (also known as Basa Kuta, Basa-Kaduna or Gwadara Basa [1] ) is an extinct Kainji language [3] 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. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Bassa-Kuta". LINGUIST List. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  2. ↑ "Basa-Gumna". Ethnologue. Archived from the original on 2019-07-04. Retrieved 2024-11-29. The last fluent speaker shifted to Hausa [hau] by 1987.
  3. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Basa-Gumna". Glottolog 3.0 . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  4. ↑ Blench, Roger (2012). "The Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria" (PDF). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.



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