Native to Nigeria | Native speakers 110,000 (2012) | |
Language family Niger–Congo
Mande
Eastern
Bisa–Busa
Samo–Busa
Busa languages
Busa–Boko
Busa ISO 639-3 Either:
bqp – Busa
bus – Busa-Bokobaru Glottolog busa1253 (Busa)
boko1267 (Bokobaru) | ||
Busa, or Bisã, is the Mande language of the former Bussa Emirate in Nigeria. It is called Busanchi in Hausa, and has also been called Zugweya.
Orthography
Busa language has 32 letters (Aa, Ãã, Bb, Dd, Ee, Ẽẽ, Ɛɛ, ɛ̃, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Ĩĩ, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Őő, Ɔɔ, ↄ̃, Pp, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Űũ, Vv, Ww, Yy, Zz) and 25 diphthongs (Aa aa, Ãa ãa, Ee ee, Ẽe ẽe, Ɛɛ ɛɛ, ɛ̃ɛ, Gb gb, Ii ii, Ĩi ĩi, Kp kp, Oo oo, Őo őo, ↄ̃ɔ, Uu uu, Űu űu, gw, mb, mp, nd, ng, nk, ns, nt, nz).
High tones are marked with an acute accent (´) and low tones are marked with a grave accent (`).
References
Busa language (Mande) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA