Basari, or Oniyan (Onian, Onëyan, Ayan, Biyan, Wo), is a
Senegambian language
The Senegambian languages, traditionally known as the Northern West Atlantic, or in more recent literature sometimes confusingly as the Atlantic languages, are a branch of Atlantic–Congo languages centered on Senegal, with most languages spoke ...
of
Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...
and
Guinea
Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...
spoken by the
Bassari people.
Writing system
This is the writing system of Senegal:
* ĥ, ŵ, ŷ, or h̃, w̃, ỹ are the consonants h, w, y nasalised.
* 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 Following independence, the government of Guinea adopted rules of transcription for the languages of Guinea based on the characters and diacritic combinations available on typewriters of that period. This alphabet was used officially until 1989.
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:
References
External links
Decree No. 2005-987 of 21 October 2005 relating to the spelling and the separation of words in Oniyanvia the website of the Senegalese ''Journal officiel''
Fula–Tenda languages
Languages of Guinea
Languages of Senegal
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