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Busa, or Bisã, is the Mande language of the former Bussa Emirate in Nigeria. It is called Busanci in Hausa, and has also been called Zugweya.

Busa
Bisã
Native to	Nigeria, Benin
Native speakers	110,000 (2012)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Mande Eastern Bisa–Busa Samo–Busa Busa languages Busa–Boko Busa
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: bqp – Busa bus – Busa-Bokobaru
Glottolog	busa1253  Busa boko1267  Bokobaru

Busa[2]
Person	Busa
People	Busano
Language	Bìsã́

Orthography

Busa language has 32 letters (Aa, Ãã, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ɛɛ, Ɛ̃ɛ̃, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Ĩĩ, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Ɔɔ, Ɔ̃ɔ̃, Pp, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Ũũ, Vv, Ww, Yy, Zz) and 25 digraphs (Aa aa, Ãa ãa, Ee ee, Ẽe ẽe, Ɛɛ ɛɛ, Ɛ̃ɛ ɛ̃ɛ, Gb gb, Ii ii, Ĩi ĩi, Kp kp, Oo oo, Ɔ̃ɔ ɔ̃ɔ, Uu uu, Ũu ũu, gw, mb, mp, nd, ng, nk, ns, nt, nz).[3]

High tones are marked with an acute accent (´) and low tones are marked with a grave accent (`).[3]

References

External links

• Alphabet and pronunciation
• The New Testament and portions of the Old Testament in the Bokobaru language of Nigeria

На других языках

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[de] Busa (Sprache)

Busa (auch bisã, bisayã, busa-bisã, busano und bussanchi; ISO 639-3 ist bqp[1]) ist eine Mandesprache, die von etwa 40.000 Menschen[2] aus den Völkern der Busa (20.000) und Laaru, Lupa und Kambari (20.000) in den nigerianischen Bundesstaaten Niger und Kebbi gesprochen wird.

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- [en] Busa language (Mande)

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[fr] Busa (langue)

Le busa est une langue mandée orientale parlée au Nigeria.

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