Massa language

Massa
Masana
Native toChad, Cameroon
Native speakers
(340,000 cited 1982–2019)[1]
Dialects
  • Yagwa
  • Bongor
  • Wina
  • Walia
  • Domo
  • Gizay
  • Gumay
  • Ham
  • Budugum
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3mcn
Glottologmasa1322  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.

  1. ^ Massa at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon