Kasa language explained

Kasa
Nativename:Jóola-Kaasa
States:Senegal, Gambia
Region:Oussouye
Speakers: in Senegal
Date:2007
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Bak
Fam4:Jola
Iso3:csk
Glotto:jola1262
Glottorefname:Jola-Esulalu

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.[1]

Notes and References

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