The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: DYO
ISO 639-2: nic
| Population | 260,000 in Senegal including 186,000 Fogny, 74,000 Buluf (1998 B. Hopkins SIL). Population total both countries 313,000 (1998). |
| Region | Area surrounding the city of Bignona, bounded on the south by the Casamance River, on the north by a strip just north of the Senegal-Gambia border, on the west by the Diouloulou Marigot tributary, and on the east by the Soungrougrou River. Also in an area 15 to 20 km. east and southeast of Ziguinchor, the regional capital. Also spoken in Gambia. |
| Alternate names | DIOLA-FOGNY, DYOLA, JÓOLA, JOLA, YOLA |
| Dialects | BULUF, FOGNY, KOMBO, KALOUNAYE, NARANG. |
| Classification | Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Atlantic, Northern, Bak, Jola, Jola Proper, Jola Central, Jola-Fogny. |
| Comments | Gusilaay, Kwatay, Karon, Mlomp, Kerak, Ejamat, and Bayot are more distantly related languages, but they are close geographically. Jola-Fogny is the largest Jola variety and the most widely understood. 68% lexical similarity with Jola-Kasa. Recognized by the government as one of six national languages. Buluf seems to have many lexical items different from Fogny, but Buluf speakers are willing to learn to read Fogny. A different language from Jula (Dioula, Dyoula, Dyula) of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Côte d'Ivoire, which is Mande. National language. Dictionary. Grammar. Literacy rate in first language: Below 1%. Intensive agriculturalists: wet rice, millet, peanuts. Traditional religion, Muslim, Christian. |
| Gambia |
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