Basa-Gurara, also called Basa-Kwali, is a language of the Federal Capital Territory, according to Roger Blench's Atlas of Nigerian Languages (2020), which classifies it as Kainji (Western Kainji: Kamuku–Basa group) and groups it with Basa-Benue and Basa-Makurdi.
- Type
- Language
- Belongs to
- Kainji
Basa-Gurara, also called Basa-Kwali, is a language of the Federal Capital Territory, according to Roger Blench's Atlas of Nigerian Languages (2020), which classifies it as Kainji (Western Kainji: Kamuku–Basa group) and groups it with Basa-Benue and Basa-Makurdi. The Atlas places it in 'Yaba and Kwali LGAs, along the Gurara river'; Yaba is a ward of Abaji Area Council in INEC's directory. No Glottolog code was matched.
- Basa-Kwali
- An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (2020 edition) — Roger Blench, Kay Williamson Educational Foundation / McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, 2020 · link
- Directory of Polling Units: Federal Capital Territory (Revised January 2015) — Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), 2015-01 · link
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Archive ID: LANG-BASA-GURARA · Last updated 8 October 2026.
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