Bassari language
{{Short description|Senegambian language of Senegal and Guinea}}
{{distinguish|Ntcham language{{!}}Bassari language (Togo)}}
{{Infobox language
| name = Basari
| altname = Oniyan
| nativename = oniyan
| ethnicity = Bassari
| speakers = {{sigfig|31,100|2}}
| date = 2017
| ref = e26
| familycolor = Niger-Congo
| fam2 = Atlantic–Congo
| fam3 = Atlantic
| fam4 = Senegambian
| fam5 = Tenda
| fam6 = Basari–Bedik
| minority = {{flag|Senegal}}
| iso3 = bsc
| glotto = bass1258
| glottorefname = Bassari-Tanda
}}
{{infobox ethnonym|aliyan|biliyan|oniyan|Liyan}}
Basari, or Oniyan (Onian, Onëyan, Ayan, Biyan, Wo), is a Senegambian language of Senegal and Guinea spoken by the Bassari people.
Writing system
This is the writing system of Senegal:
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|+ Bassari alphabet | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ----
| A | B | Ɓ | C | D
| Ɗ | E | Ë | F | G
| H | I | J | K | L
| M | N | Ñ | Ŋ | O
| P | R | S | Ŝ | T
| U | W | Y | Ƴ |
| ----
| a | b | ɓ | c | d
| ɗ | e | ë | f | g
| h | i | j | k | l
| m | n | ñ | ŋ | o
| p | r | s | ŝ | t
| u | w | y | ƴ |
- ĥ, ŵ, ŷ, or h̃, w̃, ỹ are the consonants h, w, y nasalised.{{cite web |url=https://scriptsource.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=wrSys_detail_sym&key=bsc-Latn-SN| title=ScriptSource - Error - Writing System Not Found }}
- 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:
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|+ Bassari alphabet (Guinea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A | B | Ɓ | C | D | Ɗ | Ǝ | E | Ɛ | F | G | Gw | H | Hw | I | J | Ɉ | K | Kw | L | M | N | Nb | Nd | Ng | Ngw | Nj | Ɲ | Ŋ | Ŋw | O | Ɔ | P | R | S | Ʃ | T | U | V | W | Y | Ƴ |
| a | b | ɓ | c | d | ɗ | ǝ | e | ɛ | f | g | gw | h | hw | i | j | ɉ | k | kw | l | m | n | nb | nd | ng | ngw | nj | ɲ | ŋ | ŋw | o | ɔ | p | r | s | ʃ | t | u | v | w | y | ƴ |
References
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External links
- [http://www.jo.gouv.sn/spip.php?article4797 Decree No. 2005-987 of 21 October 2005 relating to the spelling and the separation of words in Oniyan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605034813/http://www.jo.gouv.sn/spip.php?article4797 |date=5 June 2021 }} via the website of the Senegalese Journal officiel {{in lang|fr}}
{{Languages of Guinea}}
{{Languages of Guinea-Bissau}}
{{Languages of Senegal}}
{{Atlantic languages}}
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