Basari, or Oniyan (Onian, Onëyan, Ayan, Biyan, Wo), is a Senegambian language of Senegal and Guinea spoken by the Bassari people.
| Basari | |
|---|---|
| Oniyan | |
| oniyan | |
| Native to | Guinea, Senegal |
| Ethnicity | Bassari |
Native speakers | 31,000 (2017)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
| |
| Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bsc |
| Glottolog | bass1258 |
| ELP | Bassari |
| Person | aliyan |
|---|---|
| People | biliyan |
| Language | oniyan |
| Country | Liyan |
Writing system
This is the writing system of Senegal:
| 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.[2]
- 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:
| 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
External links
- Decree No. 2005-987 of 21 October 2005 relating to the spelling and the separation of words in Oniyan Archived 5 June 2021 at the Wayback Machine via the website of the Senegalese Journal officiel (in French)