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Banyum language

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Native to
  
Guinea-Bissau, Senegal

Glottolog
  
bain1264

Native speakers
  
40,000 (2006–2013)

Language family
  
Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Atlantic Senegambian Wolof–Nyun Nyun-Buy Banyum

ISO 639-3
  
Variously: bcz – Bainouk-Gunyaamolo bab – Bainouk-Gunyuño bcb – Bainouk-Samik (duplicate code)

Banyum (Banyun), 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.

See Baïnounk Gubëeher for the phonology of a closely related language, sometimes thought to be a dialect of Banyum.

Varieties

There are 3 varierties of Banyum: Baïnouk-gunyaamolo, Baïnouk Samik,and, Baïnouk gunyuño.

  • Bainouk-Gunyaamolo is spoken by 30,000 people in 2013. It occurs in northern Casamance River , within a triangle formed by the towns of Bignona , Tobor and Niamone or north of Ziguinchor . It is also spoken in Gambia .
  • Baïnouk-Samik is spoken by 1,850 people in 2006. It is found mainly on the left bank of the Casamance River, around Samik and surrounding villages, approximately 20 km east of Ziguinchor .
  • Baïnouk-Gunyuño is spoken by 8,860 people in 2006. It is found in the region of Cacheu and near São Domingos.

    • References

    Banyum language Wikipedia
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