Kasanga

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A language of Guinea-Bissau

ISO 639-3
ccj
Alternate Names
Cassanga, Guhaaca, Haal, I-Hadja, Kassanga
User Population

May be a few elderly speakers left (Dimmendaal and Voeltz 2007).

Location

Cacheu region: Felupe border area, sparsely populated.

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Language Status

8b (Nearly extinct).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Atlantic, Northern, Eastern Senegal-Guinea, Nun
Dialects

None known. Reportedly similar to Bainouk-Gunyuno [bab].

Language Use

Shifted to Mandinka [mnk] (Dimmendaal and Voeltz 2007).

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Kasanga
Other Comments

Traditional religion.