Yaren Bassa a Laberiya, Saliyo
Harshen Bassa yare ne na Kuru wanda kusan mutane 600,000 ke magana dashi a Laberiya sannan mutum 5,000 a cikin Saliyo waɗanda mutanen Bassa ke yi .

Ilimin harsuna

Kalmomi waɗanda ba baƙake ba 

 / ʄ / ana iya jin shi azaman motsa jiki [j] tattaunawa cikin kalmomin da aka harhada.

 / ɡ͡b / lokacin da aka biyo ta hanci za a iya ji kamar [ŋ͡m].
 / h / ba safai yake faruwa ba.

Wasula

Haruffa Bassa 

Tana da rubutun asalin, Vah, Dakta Thomas Flo Lewis ne ya fara tallata shi, wanda ya gabatar da buga iyakantattun kayan aiki a cikin yaren daga tsakiyar 1900s wato ƙarni 1900 zuwa 1930s, tare da tsayi a cikin 1910s da 1920s. 

An bayyana rubutun a matsayin wanda, "kamar tsarin da aka daɗe ana amfani da shi a tsakanin Vai, ya ƙunshi jerin haruffan sautin murya waɗanda ke tsaye don siƙaloli."  A zahiri, duk da haka, rubutun Vah haruffa ne. Ya ƙunshi baƙake 30, wasula bakwai, da sautuna biyar waɗanda ake nunawa ta ɗigo da layuka a cikin kowane wasalin.

A cikin 1970s United Bible Societies (UBS) ta buga fassarar Sabon Alkawari. June Hobley, na Ofishin Jakadancin Liberia, shi ne ke da alhakin fassarar. Anyi Amfani da Tsarin Harafin Sauti Na Duniya (IPA) don wannan fassarar maimakon rubutun Vah, galibi don dalilai masu amfani da suka shafi bugawa. Saboda mutanen Bassa suna da al'adar rubutu, nan da nan suka dace da sabon rubutun, kuma dubbai sun koyi karatu.

A cikin 2005, UBS ta buga duka Baibul a Bassa. Gidauniyar Ilimin Kiristanci ta Liberia, Christian Reformed World Missions, da UBS ne suka dauki nauyin fassarar. Don Slager ya shugabanci ƙungiyar masu fassara waɗanda suka haɗa da Seokin Payne, Robert Glaybo, da William Boen.

IPA ta maye gurbin rubutun Vah a cikin wallafe-wallafe. Koyaya, rubutun Vah har yanzu ana girmama shi kuma har yanzu wasu mazan suna amfani dashi, da farko don adana bayanai.

Hanyoyin haɗin waje 

 Omniglot: Harafin Bassa
 Bassa-Turanci Dictionary
 Takaitaccen Bayanan Rubutun Yan Asalin Liberia
 Gbokpasom - Ba riba[ <span title="Dead link since November 2018">mahada madawwami</span> ]

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