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(Redirected from Cassanga language) Senegambian language
Kasanga
Native toSenegal, Guinea-Bissau
Native speakersPerhaps a few elderly speakers (2007)
Language familyNiger–Congo?
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.

References

  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.
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