Native speakers 110,000 (2012) | ||
Language family Niger–CongoMandeEasternBisa–BusaSamo–BusaBusa languagesBusa–BokoBusa ISO 639-3 Either:bqp – Busabus – 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