Guosa

Guosa
Guosa
Created byAlex Igbineweka
Date1965
Setting and usageintended for use in West Africa
Purpose
Sourcesa posteriori language, derived primarily from Hausa, Yoruba, and Igbo.
Language codes
ISO 639-2none
ISO 639-3qgs (local use)
GlottologNone
IETFart-x-guosa (local use)
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Guosa is a constructed interlanguage originally created by Alex Igbineweka in 1965. It was designed to be a combination of the indigenous languages of Nigeria and to serve as a lingua franca to West Africa.[1]

  1. ^ Okafor, Judd-Leonard (20 March 2016). "Guosa: The lingua franca to oust English". dailytrust.com.ng.[permanent dead link]