Harshen Baga

Baga, ko Barka, Wani yare ne da Mutanen Baga na Guinea ke magana. Sunan ya samo asali ne daga kalmar Ba'a Raki Wurin ciniki na bayi (wanda ba daidai ba ne ga masu siyarwa da Raka = Larabci ga bayi) kuma mazauna yankin sun fahimci shi a matsayin 'mutane na bakin teku' mutanen da aka fitar da su. Yawancin Baga suna da harsuna biyu a cikin harshen Mande Susu, harshen yanki na hukuma. Al'ummomin Baga guda biyu, Sobané da Kaloum, an san su da barin yarensu (ba a tabbatar da su ba) gaba ɗaya don goyon bayan Susu.

 Iri-iri 
HW.A.A.Wilson, Temne, Landuma and the Baga Languages in: Sierra Leone Language Review, No. 1, 1962 published by Fourah Bay College, Freetown. sun bambanta sosai don a wasu lokuta a dauke su harsuna daban-daban. Su ne:

 Baga Koga (Koba) 
 Baga Manduri (Maduri, Mandari) 
 Baga Sitemu (Sitem, Sitemú, Stem Baga, Rio Pongo Baga) 

Mutanen Baga Kaloum Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices Baga Sobané da suka mutu sun yi magana da Koga da Sitemu, bi da bi.

Makwabcin Baga Pokur ba shi da alaƙa da juna.

 Yankin rarraba 
Rarraba yanayin ƙasa na nau'ikan Baga, waɗanda aka jera daga arewa zuwa kudu, bisa ga Fields-Black (2008:85): Fields-Black, Edda L. 2008. Deep Roots: Rice Farmers in West Africa and the African Diaspora. (Blacks in the Diaspora.) Bloomington: Indiana University Press.

 Baga Mandori: bakin tekun Guinea, arewacin bakin Kogin Nunez
 Baga Sitem: bakin tekun Guinea, kudu da bakin Kogin Nunez
 Baga Kakissa: bakin tekun Guinea, arewacin bakin Kogin Pongo
 Baga Koba: bakin tekun Guinea, daga kudancin bakin Kogin Pongo zuwa arewacin bakin Kogin Konkouré
 Baga Kalum: Tsibirin Los da yankin da ke kewaye da Conakry

Rarrabawar ƙasa da yawan jama'a na nau'ikan Baga bisa ga Wilson (2007), yana ambaton jawabin tattaunawa na 1997 a Lille ta Erhard Voeltz: Wilson, William André Auquier. 2007. Guinea Languages of the Atlantic group: description and internal classification. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik, 12.) Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.

 Baga Manduri: ana magana da shi a Dobale, kuma yayi kama da Citɛm.
 Baga Sitemu (daidai Citɛm): ana magana da shi a cikin ƙauyuka a kan Kogin Campaces . Wannan shi ne kawai nau'ikan harsunan Baga masu ƙarfi.
 Baga Sobane: sanannun masu magana guda biyu ne kawai a wani wuri mai nisa.
 Baga Marara: ana magana da shi a tsibirai uku a cikin Rio Pongo . Har yanzu yara suna magana da shi.
 Baga Koba: ana magana da shi a kusa da garin Kaporo ne kawai ta tsofaffi masu magana da shekaru 60. An ruwaito shi yayi kama da Baga Kaloum .
 Baga Kaloum: da farko ana magana da shi a cikin kwata na abin da ke yanzu yankin Conakry, da kuma Îles de Los. Yana kusa da Temne. Ana magana ne kawai a wani yanki mai nisa yanzu.

 Tsarin aji 
Baga yana da prefixes don nau'ikan suna takwas: W.A.A.Wilson, Temne, Landuma and the Baga Languages in: Sierra Leone Language Review, No. 1, 1962 published by Fourah Bay College, Freetown.
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 Kalmomin kalmomi 
Da ke ƙasa akwai zaɓin ƙamus na asali a Baga Maduri: W.A.A.Wilson, Temne, Landuma and the Baga Languages in: Sierra Leone Language Review, No. 1, 1962 published by Fourah Bay College, Freetown.

  - kare
  - karnuka
  - kifi
 kamar yaddaɔɔp - alade
 Tun da kuma kasa
  - shugaban
  - kan saniya
  - ido
  - hakora
  - hakora
  - rataye
 Khamka - hannu, hannu
  - hannaye, hannaye
  - gashi
  - abin sha
 Tafac - ƙarfe
  - juya gaba

 Bayanan da aka ambata 

 Ƙarin karantawa 

 Houis, Maurice (1952) 'Rahotanni game da muryar da ba ta da amfani a Baga', Bayanan Afirka, 91-.
 Houis, Maurice (1953) 'Tsarin wakilin da kuma azuzuwan a cikin yarukan Baga, i taswira', Bulletin de l'IFAN, 15, 381-.
 Mouser, Bruce L. (2002) 'Wane ne kuma ina Baga ne?: Ra'ayoyin Turai daga 1793 zuwa 1821', Tarihi a Afirka, 29, 337-.
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