Basa-Gumna language

Basa-Gumna
Basa Kuta
Basa-Kaduna
Native to Nigeria
Region Chanchaga
Extinct by 1987[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 bsl
Glottolog basa1280[2]

Basa-Gumna is an extinct Kainji language of Nigeria. It was spoken in Chanchaga, Niger state, and Nasarawa, near the Basa homeland. Speakers have shifted to Hausa.

References

  1. Basa-Gumna at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Basa-Gumna". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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