Basaa

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Basa, Bassa, Bicek, Bikyek, Bisaa, Mbele, Mee, Mvele, Northern Mbene, Tupen

Population

230,000 (1982 SIL).

Location

Center Region, spread throughout Nyong and Kelle divisions; Littoral Region, Nkam and Sanaga-Maritime divisions.

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Dialects

Bakem, Basso, Bibeng, Bon, Diboum, Log, Mbang, Mpo, Ndokama, Ndokbele, Ndokpenda, Nyamtam.

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Dictionary. Bible: 1969.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script.