Bassari language

Basari
Oniyan
oniyan
Native to	Guinea, Senegal
Ethnicity	Bassari
Native speakers	31,000 (2017)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Atlantic Senegambian Tenda Basari–Bedik Basari
Official status
Recognised minority language in	Senegal
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bsc
Glottolog	bass1258
ELP	Bassari

Basari, or Oniyan (Onian, Onëyan, Ayan, Biyan, Wo), is a Senegambian language of Senegal and Guinea spoken by the Bassari people.

This is the writing system of Senegal:

• ĥ, ŵ, ŷ, or h̃, w̃, ỹ are the consonants h, w, y nasalised.^[2]
• 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:

• Decree No. 2005-987 of 21 October 2005 relating to the spelling and the separation of words in Oniyan Archived 5 June 2021 at the Wayback Machine via the website of the Senegalese Journal officiel (in French)

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