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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Guinea-Bissau > Biafada

Biafada

A language of Guinea-Bissau

ISO 639-3bif

Population  44,900 (2006).
Region  Central south, north of Nalu [naj].
Language map  Guinea and Guinea-Bissau, reference number 8
Alternate names   Beafada, Bedfola, Biafar, Bidyola, Dfola, Fada
Dialects  Lexical similarity: 52% with Badyara [pbp].
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Atlantic, Northern, Eastern Senegal-Guinea, Tenda
Comments  Heavily influenced by Mandinka [mnk]. Muslim.