Basari, or Oniyan (Onian, Onëyan, Ayan, Biyan, Wo), is a Senegambian language of Senegal and Guinea spoken by the Bassari people, who are traditional hunter-gatherers^{[citation needed]}.

Basari
Oniyan
oniyan
Native to	Guinea, Senegal
Ethnicity	Bassari
Native speakers	33,600 (2014-2015)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Atlantic Senegambian Tenda Basari–Bedik Basari
Official status
Recognised minority language in	Senegal
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bsc
Glottolog	bass1258
ELP	Bassari

Writing system

This is the writing system of Senegal:

• ĥ, ŵ, ŷ, or h̃, w̃, ỹ are the consonants h, w, y nasalised.[2]
• When vowels e and o are open, they have the acute accent: é, ó.

This is the writing system of Guinea, which uses the Guinean languages alphabet:

References

External links

• Decree No. 2005-987 of 21 October 2005 relating to the spelling and the separation of words in Oniyan via the website of the Senegalese Journal officiel (in French)

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На других языках

[de] Bassari (Sprache)

[fr] Bassari (langue)

[ru] Басари