- Jola language
language
name=Jola
nativename=kujóolay
states=Guinea
region=Gambia ,Senegal (esp.Casamance ) andGuinea Bissau
speakers=? Million
familycolor=Niger-Congo
fam2=Atlantic-Congo
fam3=Atlantic
fam4=Northern
fam5=Bak
iso2=nic
lc1=bda|ld1=Bayot|ll1=none
lc2=bqj|ld2=Bandial|ll2=none
lc3=csk|ld3=Jola-Kasa|ll3=none
lc4=cwt|ld4=Kuwaataay|ll4=none
lc5=dyo|ld5=Jola-Fonyi|ll5=none
lc6=eja|ld6=Ejamat|ll6=none
lc7=gsl|ld7=Gusilay|ll7=none
lc8=hhr|ld8=Kerak|ll8=none
lc9=krx|ld9=Karon|ll9=Karon language
lc10=mlo|ld10=Mlomp|ll10=Mlomp languageJola is the name for a group of related language varieties spoken in
Senegal ,Gambia , andGuinea 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 aroundZiguinchor .
* Ejamat spoken in a handful of villages south ofOussouye .
* Fonyi (Kujamatay) spoken aroundBignona .
* Gusilay spoken in the village of Tionk Essil.
* Karon spoken along the coast ofCasamance south ofDiouloulou .
* Kasa spoken aroundOussouye .
* Kuwatay spoken along the coast south of theCasamance River .
* Mlomp spoken in the village of Mlomp.External links
* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=92282 Ethnologue report on Jola]
* [http://people.virginia.edu/~ds8s/Kujamaat-Joola/ Kujamaat Jóola Folklore and Language materials]
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