Jola language

language
name=Jola
nativename=kujóolay
states=Guinea
region=Gambia,Senegal (esp. Casamance) and Guinea 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 language

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.

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]