Basa-Kontagora language

Basa-Kontagora
Basa-Kontagora
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Kontagora
Ethnicity	30,000 (no date)
Extinct	Early 2000s
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Kainji Basa languages Kontagora–Gumna Basa-Kontagora; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bsr
Glottolog	bass1259
ELP	Bassa-Kontagora

Last updated December 17, 2025

Basa-Kontagora is an extinct Kainji language ^[2] of Nigeria. It is spoken in Mariga, Niger State, near Kontagora and the Basa homeland. It is estimated that Basa-Kontagora has less than 10 native speakers as of 2010.

References

1 2 Basa-Kontagora at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Bassa-Kontagora". Glottolog 3.0 . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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[e25-1] 1 2 Basa-Kontagora at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[2] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Bassa-Kontagora". Glottolog 3.0 . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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