Basaa language

Basaa
Basaa
Mbene
ɓasaá, ɓàsàa
Native to	Cameroon
Region	Centre and Littoral Provinces
Ethnicity	Basaa people
Native speakers	300,000 (2005 SIL)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu (Zone A) Basaa languages (A.40) Basaa; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-2	bas
ISO 639-3	bas
Glottolog	basa1284
Guthrie code	A.43a

Basaa (also spelled Bassa, Basa, Bissa), or Mbene, is a Bantu language spoken in Cameroon by the Basaa people. It is spoken by about 300,000 people in the Centre and Littoral regions.

Maho (2009) lists North and South Kogo as dialects.

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