Kasa language

{{Short description|Jola language spoken in Senegal and Gambia}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Kasa

|altname=

|nativename=Jóola-Kaasa

|states=Senegal, Gambia

|region=Oussouye

|speakers={{sigfig|45100|2}} in Senegal

|date=2007

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Bak

|fam4=Jola

|iso3=csk

|glotto=jola1262

|glottorefname=Jola-Esulalu

}}

{{infobox ethnonym|a-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.Wilson, William André Auquier. 2007. Guinea Languages of the Atlantic group: description and internal classification. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik, 12.) Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.