Wushi language

(Redirected from Bamessi language)

Wushi (Babessi) is a Grassfields language of Cameroon.

Wushi
Babessi
Native toCameroon, Nigeria?
Native speakers
25,000 in Cameroon (2008)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
bse – Wushi
nsc – Nshi (?)
Glottologwush1238  Wushi
nshi1235  Nshi (unattested)

It might be the same language as adjacent, unattested Nshi across the border in Nigeria.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Wushi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Nshi (?) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)