Kasa, or ''Jóola-Kaasa'' (also ''Bacuki, Casa,'' etc.) is a

Jola language Jola (Joola) or Diola is a dialect continuum spoken in Senegal, the Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau. It belongs to the Bak branch of the Niger–Congo language family. Name The name ''Jola'' is an exonym, and may be from the Mandinka word ''joolaa ...

of the

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region of Senegal and neighboring Gambia. Dialects are ''Ayun, Bliss (Niomoun), Esulalu (

Oussouye Oussouye (or Husuy in Kasa language, JolaWilson, William André Auquier. 2007. ''Guinea Languages of the Atlantic group: description and internal classification''. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik, 12.) Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.) is an urban commu ...

), Fluvial, Huluf, Selek.'' In

(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.

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