Basa-Benue language

Basa
Basa
Basa-Benue
ru-basa
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Benue River
Native speakers	300,000 (2020)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Kainji Basa languages Basa; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Basa-Kwomu (Basa-Komo); Basa-Makurdi; Basa-Gurara; Basa-Kwali; Bassa Nge (Bassa Nupe);
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bzw
Glottolog	basa1282

The Basa language, disambiguated as Basa-Benue, and also called Abacha, Abatsa, ru-Basa, Rubassa, is a

Bassa Nge

(also known as Bassa Nupe.

Basa speakers also often speak the Igala language, the Ebira language or the Nupe language.^[1]

Dialects and distribution

Basa-Kwomu (Basa-Komo) dialect spoken in the states of
Kogi and Nasarawa
in Bassa, Ankpa and Nasarawa Local Government Areas.

Basa-Makurdi dialect spoken in the state of Benue in Makurdi Local Government Area.
Basa-Gurara dialect spoken in the state of Niger in Gurara Local Government Area
Basa-Kwali dialect spoken in the Federal Capital Territory in Kwali Local Government Area.
Bassa Nge (Bassa Nupe) dialect spoken in Kogi State and Niger State by the Bassa Nge people who also speak the Tako dialect of the Nupe language.

^ ^a ^b ^c Basa at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.

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