Jola language
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| Jola kujóolay |
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| Spoken in: | Guinea | |
| Region: | Gambia,Senegal (esp. Casamance) and Guinea Bissau | |
| Total speakers: | ? Million | |
| Language family: | Niger-Congo Atlantic-Congo Atlantic Northern Bak Jola |
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| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | – | |
| ISO 639-3: | variously: bda – Bayot bqj – Bandial csk – Jola-Kasa cwt – Kuwaataay dyo – Jola-Fonyi eja – Ejamat gsl – Gusilay hhr – Kerak krx – Karon mlo – Mlomp |
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Jola is the name for a group of related language varieties spoken in Senegal, Gambia, and Guinea Bissau. Jola belongs to the Bak group of the Atlantic branch of the Niger-Congo language family.
The Jola speak a variety of dialects which may not, at times, be mutually intelligible, including:
- Banjaal spoken in a small area south of the Casamance River.
- Bayot spoken around Ziguinchor.
- Ejamat spoken in a handful of villages south of Oussouye.
- Fonyi (Kujamatay) spoken around Bignona.
- Gusilay spoken in the village of Tionk Essil.
- Karon spoken along the coast of Casamance south of Diouloulou.
- Kasa spoken around Oussouye.
- Kuwatay spoken along the coast south of the Casamance River.
- Mlomp spoken in the village of Mlomp.
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