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Kuwaataay

A language of Senegal

ISO 639-3: cwt

Population	6,210 (2006).
Region	Diembering, Bouyouye, Nyikine, Boukot-Diola; coastal villages just south of Casamance River mouth; Dakar.
Language map	Senegal and the Gambia, reference number 16
Alternate names	Kwatay
Dialects	Distinct from other Jola varieties. Lexical similarity: 40% with most similar Jola language.
Classification	Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Atlantic, Northern, Bak, Jola, Jola Proper, Kwatay
Language use	Most also use Jola-Kasa [csk], Jola-Fonyi [dyo], or Wolof [wol].
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 2000.
Writing system	Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

PAYNE, Stephen, author. 1992. Une grammaire pratique avec phonologie et dictionnaire de kwatay (parler du village de Diémbéring, Basse Casamance, Sénégal).

PAYNE, Stephen, compiler. 1995. Kaadiksiyoneer kite kuwaataay ni kifaranse.

PAYNE, Stephen, compiler. 2000. Kaadiksiyoneer.

TRUDELL, Barbara, author. 2010. "Distinction, integration and identity: motivations for local language literacy in Senegalese communities."

Vernacular Publications

Kaliiken kuwaataay. 2004.

Manuel pour lire et écrire le kwatay: pour ceux qui savent déjà lire le français. 2004.