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Basaa

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3: bas

Population	230,000 (1982 SIL).
Region	Center Province, spread throughout Nyong-and-Kelle Division; Littoral Province, Nkam and Sanaga-Maritime divisions.
Language map	Southwestern Cameroon, reference number 201
Alternate names	Basa, Bassa, Bicek, Bikyek, Bisaa, Mbele, Mee, Mvele, Northern Mbene, Tupen
Dialects	Bakem, Bon, Bibeng, Diboum, Log, Mpo, Mbang, Ndokama, Basso, Ndokbele, Ndokpenda, Nyamtam.
Classification	Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, A, Basaa (A.40)
Language development	Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Dictionary. Bible: 1969.
Writing system	Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

MBANJI, Bawe Ernest, illustrator; GFELLER, Elisabeth, editor. 1990. Multilingual Cameroon: Reader in Cameroonian languages = Cameroun multilingue: Lectures en langues camerounaises .

NJOCK, Pierre Emmanuel, compiler. 2005. Basaa-English-French-German dictionary.  

Vernacular Publications

Màtìŋ ma liɓòŋòl bɛ̀ɛ̀ bi biɓɛ̀ɓɛlà. 1992.

Ŋ̀aŋ u Kande: kààt ì ǹnigîl. 2008.