Banyun | |
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Bainouk, Nyun | |
Native to | Guinea-Bissau, Senegal |
Ethnicity | Bainuk people |
Native speakers | 38,000 (2006–2022) [1] |
Niger–Congo?
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Latin | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Variously:
bcz – Bainouk-Gunyaamolo
bab – Bainouk-Gunyuño
bcb – Bainouk-Samik (duplicate code) |
Glottolog |
bain1264 |
ELP |
Language | gu-jaaxər |
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Banyun (Banyum), Nyun, or Bainouk, is a Senegambian dialect cluster of Senegal and Guinea-Bissau.
Spellings are Bagnoun, Banhum, Banyung and Bainuk, Banyuk; other names are Elomay ~ Elunay; for the Gunyaamolo variety Ñuñ or Nyamone, and for Gunyuño Guñuun or Samik. [2] The language is referred to as gu-jaaxər by its speakers. [3]
See Baïnounk Gubëeher for the phonology of a closely related language, sometimes thought to be a dialect of Banyum.
There are three varieties of Banyun: Baïnouk-gunyaamolo, Baïnouk Samik, and Baïnouk gunyuño.
Banyun | |
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Bainouk, Nyun | |
Native to | Guinea-Bissau, Senegal |
Ethnicity | Bainuk people |
Native speakers | 38,000 (2006–2022) [1] |
Niger–Congo?
| |
Latin | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Variously:
bcz – Bainouk-Gunyaamolo
bab – Bainouk-Gunyuño
bcb – Bainouk-Samik (duplicate code) |
Glottolog |
bain1264 |
ELP |
Language | gu-jaaxər |
---|
Banyun (Banyum), Nyun, or Bainouk, is a Senegambian dialect cluster of Senegal and Guinea-Bissau.
Spellings are Bagnoun, Banhum, Banyung and Bainuk, Banyuk; other names are Elomay ~ Elunay; for the Gunyaamolo variety Ñuñ or Nyamone, and for Gunyuño Guñuun or Samik. [2] The language is referred to as gu-jaaxər by its speakers. [3]
See Baïnounk Gubëeher for the phonology of a closely related language, sometimes thought to be a dialect of Banyum.
There are three varieties of Banyun: Baïnouk-gunyaamolo, Baïnouk Samik, and Baïnouk gunyuño.