Kasa language
Appearance
Kasa | |
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Jóola-Kaasa | |
Native to | Senegal, Gambia |
Region | Oussouye |
Native speakers | 45,000 in Senegal (2007)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | csk |
Glottolog | jola1262 |
Person | a-luf |
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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
[edit]- ^ Kasa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Wilson, William André Auquier. 2007. Guinea Languages of the Atlantic group: description and internal classification. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik, 12.) Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.