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Kasanga language

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Kasanga
Native toSenegal, Guinea-Bissau
Native speakers
Perhaps a few elderly speakers (2007)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3ccj
Glottologkasa1248
ELPKasanga
Languagegu-haaca

Kasanga (Cassanga) or Haal is a Senegambian language traditionally spoken in a few villages of Guinea-Bissau. The language is referred to as gu-haaca by its speakers. Speakers are shifting to Mandinka.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Kasanga at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Wilson, William André Auquier. 2007. Guinea Languages of the Atlantic group: description and internal classification. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik, 12.) Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.