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Bassa

Bassa is a Kru language spoken in Sierra Leone and Liberia, by about 420 thousand people.

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Bassa · 7.3°N 11.5°W

The Bassa language, Bassa-Kor, Bassa and Kor, or Ɓǎsɔ́ɔ̀ is a Kru language dialect continuum spoken by about 783,000–865,000 Bassa people in Liberia, 2,000–14,000 in Ivory Coast, and 7,300–11,000 in Sierra Leone. It is also the biggest Liberian language in the United States (when excluding Mandinka) with an at-home speaking population of 3,689–12,516 and a total fluent speaker population of 22,000–56,000 respectively, which encompasses all those who understand the language but do not use it. Its American-Speaker population is followed by Southern Kisi at 1,746–5,310 at home speakers and 11,000–25,000, Dan(Gio) at 1,633–5,193 at-home speakers and 10,800–23,000 total fluent speakers, and Western Krahn at 1,506–4,699 at-home speakers and 10,000–23,000 speakers in the United States.

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Words in Bassa

MeaningWordRomanization
waterní
oneɖò
twosɔ̃́
threetã
fourhĩinyɛ
fivehm̀m̌
tenɓaɖa-bùè
salttɔ̃́
housegbǒ

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Vocabulary

Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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