Kasa language

Jola language spoken in Senegal and Gambia
Kasa
Jóola-Kaasa
Native toSenegal, Gambia
RegionOussouye
Native speakers
45,000 in Senegal (2007)[1]
Language family
Language codes
ISO 639-3csk
Glottologjola1262
Persona-luf

Kasa, or Jóola-Kaasa (also Bacuki, Casa, etc.) is a Jola language of the Casamance region of Senegal and neighboring Gambia.

Dialects are Ayun, Bliss (Niomoun), Esulalu (Oussouye), Fluvial, Huluf, Selek.

In Oussouye (Husuy) dialect, a person is referred to as a-luf.[2]

References

  1. ^ Kasa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Wilson, William André Auquier. 2007. Guinea Languages of the Atlantic group: description and internal classification. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik, 12.) Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.
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