Bayot language
Bayot (Bayot Si James, Baiote, Bayotte) 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.
| Bayot | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Senegal, Guinea-Bissau |
Native speakers | 19,000 (2006)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bda |
| Glottolog | bayo1262 |
| ELP | Bayot[2] |
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 Niger–Congo language family.
References
- Bayot at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Endangered Languages Project data for Bayot.
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