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It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005).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: QML
ISO 639-2: nic
| Population | 4,350 (1998 B. Hopkins SIL). |
| Region | Mainly in Mlomp village north of the Casamance River, 25 km. due east of Bignona, on the road between Tendouck and Tiobon, Bignona Department, several surrounding villages, and scattered around the country. |
| Alternate names | MLOMP NORTH, GULOMPAAY |
| Classification | Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Atlantic, Northern, Bak, Jola, Jola Proper, Karon-Mlomp. |
| Comments | 64% lexical similarity with Karon (closest), 42% between Karon-Mlomp and the closest other Jola language. Many speak and understand Jola-Fogny as second language, some know Wolof, and a few may know Mandinka or Pulaar. Investigation needed: intelligibility, bilingual proficiency. Literacy rate in first language: Below 1%. |
