Bayot language

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Bayot
Native to	Senegal, Guinea-Bissau
Region	Ziguinchor, Cacheu
Native speakers	35,000 (2021–2022)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Senegambian Bak–Bijago Jola–Papel Jola (or isolate?) Bayot
Dialects	Essin Kugere
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`bda`
Glottolog	`bayo1262`
ELP	Bayot

Bayot is a language of southern Senegal, southwest of Ziguinchor in a group of villages near Nyassia, and in northwestern Guinea-Bissau, along the Senegalese border, and in the Gambia.

The Kugere and Kuxinge (Essin) dialects of Senegal and the Arame (Edamme) and Gubaare dialects of Guinea-Bissau are distinct enough to be sometimes considered different languages.

Bayot is the most divergent of the Jola languages, in the Senegambian branch of the Atlantic–Congo language family.

Bayot is grammatically Jola, apart from a non-Jola pronominal system. However, perhaps 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, Bayot is clearly distinct from (other) Jola languages.

References

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↑ Bayot at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)

External links

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ELAR archive of Documenting the Bayot language

v t e Languages of Guinea-Bissau
Official language	Portuguese
Non-official languages	Badyara Bainouk-Gunyuño Balanta-Kentohe Bassari Bayot Biafada Bijago Fula Creole Jola-Felupe Jola-Fonyi Kasanga Kobiana Mandinka Manjak Mankanya Mansoanka Nalu Papel Soninke

v t e Languages of Senegal
Official language	French Arabic Wolof
National languages	Balanta-Ganja Arabic Jola-Fonyi Mandinka Mandjak Mankanya Noon Pulaar Serer Soninke Wolof
Indigenous languages	Bambara Bandial Bapeng Bassari Bayot Bedik Dyula Fula Gusilay Jola-Felupe Karon Kasa Kassonke Kobiana Laalaa Maninka Ndut Palor Safen Wamey Yalunka Zenaga
Immigrant languages	English French Spanish Arabic Portuguese Russian

Atlantic languages

Bak

Jola	Bayot Fonyi Banjaal Gusilay. Ejamat Kasa Kuwaataay Karon Mlomp
Papel	Mandjak Mankanya Papel
Others	Balanta Bijago

Senegambian

Fula–Tenda	Basari Bedik Bapeng Biafada Fula Konyagi Lehar Ndut Noon Pajade Palor Safen Serer
Others	Banyum Kasanga Kobiana Nalu Wolof

Mel

Rio Nunez

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