Native to Chad, Cameroon | ISO 639-3 mcn | |
Native speakers (230,000 cited 1982–2006) Language family Afro-Asiatic
Chadic
Masa
North
Massa Glottolog masa1322 (Manasa)
gize1234 (Gizey)
hama1241 (Ham) | ||
Massa (or Masana, Masa) is a language spoken in southern Chad and northern Cameroon. It is a Chadic language with approximately 200,000 speakers.
Dialects are Bongor, Bugudum (Budugum), Domo, Gizay, Gumay, Ham, Walia, Wina (Viri), Yagwa.
Kim, a neighboring language, was once misclassified as Masa.
References
Massa language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA