Preferred Label : Basa Language;
NCIt synonyms : Basa; BAS;
Définition CISMeF : They are spoken in distinct communities from Niger State in the northwest to Benue
State in the south-centre. This means that the Basa may be the next most widespread
people in Nigeria after the Hausa and Fula. Distant groups are not aware of each other,
and those near their apparent homeland near the Kambari (Basa-Kontagora and Basa-Gumna)
have lost their language (source Wikipédia).;
NCIt definition : A cluster of Kainji languages spoken in scattered areas across Nigeria.;
NCI Metathesaurus CUI : CL556376;
Codes from synonyms : ISO-639-3;
Origin ID : C153852;
UMLS CUI : C4724517;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
Semantic type(s)
They are spoken in distinct communities from Niger State in the northwest to Benue
State in the south-centre. This means that the Basa may be the next most widespread
people in Nigeria after the Hausa and Fula. Distant groups are not aware of each other,
and those near their apparent homeland near the Kambari (Basa-Kontagora and Basa-Gumna)
have lost their language (source Wikipédia).