Jola-Fonyi language

Jola-Fonyi
kujóolay
Native to Gambia, Senegal
Region Casamance
Native speakers
410,000 (ca.2006)[1]
Widespread as a second language
Dialects
  • Buluf
  • Fonyi
  • Kombo
  • Kalounaye
  • Narang
Language codes
ISO 639-3 dyo
Glottolog jola1263[2]

Jola (French: Diola; Jola: Joola), also called Jola-Fonyi (French: Diola-Fogny), is a language spoken by half a million people in the Casamance region of Senegal, and neighboring countries. Jola-Fonyi is one of several closely related Jola languages spoken in the area.

See also

References

  1. Jola-Fonyi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Jola-Fonyi". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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