Massa language

Massa
Massa
Masana
Native to	Chad, Cameroon
Native speakers	(340,000 cited 1982–2019)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic Masa North Massa; ; ; ;
Dialects	Yagwa; Bongor; Wina; Walia; Domo; Gizay; Gumay; Ham; Budugum;
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mcn
Glottolog	masa1322 Masana; gize1234 Gizey; hama1241 Ham

Massa (or Masana, Masa) is a Chadic language spoken in southern Chad and northern Cameroon by the Masa people. It has approximately 200,000 speakers.

Dialects are Bongor, Bugudum (Budugum), Domo, Gizay, Gumay, Ham, Walia, Wina (Viri), Yagwa.

Kim, a neighbouring language, was once misclassified as Masa.

^ Massa at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[e25-1] Massa at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

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