Jola languages
Jola or Diola is a dialect continuum spoken in Senegal, the Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau. It belongs to the Bak branch of the Niger–Congo language family.
| Jola | |
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| Diola | |
| Geographic distribution | The Gambia, Senegal (esp. Casamance) and Guinea-Bissau |
| Linguistic classification | Niger–Congo
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| Glottolog | nucl1345 (Nuclear Jola) bayo1255 (Bayot) |
Languages
The primary branches of Jola proper and to some extent Central Jola are not mutually intelligible. The main varieties are:
- Bayot
- Jola proper
- Kwatay (Kuwaataay), spoken along the coast south of the Casamance River.
- Karon–Mlomp
- Karon, spoken along the coast of Casamance south of Diouloulou.
- Mlomp
- Central Jola
- Jola-Fonyi (Kujamatay), spoken around Bignona. The official standard.
- Bandial, spoken in a small area south of the Casamance River.
- Gusilay, spoken in the village of Thionck Essyl.
- Jola-Felupe (Ediamat), spoken in a handful of villages south of Oussouye in Oussouye Department. Kerak may be a dialect.
- (Jola) Kasa, spoken around Oussouye.
Bayot
Bayot, spoken around Ziguinchor, is grammatically Jola apart from a non-Jola pronominal system, but maybe half its vocabulary is non-Jola and even non-Atlantic. It may therefore be a language isolate with substantial Jola borrowing (relexification). In any case it is clearly distinct from (other) Jola languages.
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