Kasa
NativenameJóola-Kaasa
StatesSenegal, Gambia
RegionOussouye
Speakersin Senegal
Date2007
Refe18
FamilycolorNiger-Congo
Fam 2Atlantic–Congo
Fam 3Bak
Fam 4Jola
Iso 3csk
Glottojola1262
GlottorefnameJola-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]

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.