Niger-Congo family
Bassa
c. 1000 CE – today Living
Bassa (c. 1000 CE – today) is a living Niger-Congo language. Lineage: Proto-Niger-Congo → Proto-Atlantic-Congo → Proto-Kru → Bassa.
See Bassa on the interactive map- Speakers
- 600K (600,000)
- ISO 639-3
- bsq
Western Kru language of Liberia with its own Vah script. Not to be confused with Basaa of Cameroon (Bantu).
Lineage
- Proto-Niger-Congoc. 10,000 BCE – 7,000 BCE
- Proto-Atlantic-Congoc. 7,000 BCE – 5,000 BCE
- Proto-Kruc. 2,000 BCE – 0 CE
- Bassac. 1000 CE – today
Sister languages 1
Also descended from Proto-Kru.