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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Nigeria > Basa-Gumna

Basa-Gumna

An extinct language of Nigeria

ISO 639-3bsl

Population  Extinct.
Region  Niger state, Chanchaga LGA; Plateau state, Nasarawa LGA.
Alternate names   Basa Kuta, Basa-Kaduna, Bassa-Kaduna, Gwadara Basa
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Kainji, Western, Basa
Language use  No remaining speakers as of 1987. Shifted to Hausa [hau].