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Papel

A language of Guinea-Bissau

ISO 639-3pbo

Population  136,000 in Guinea-Bissau (2006). Population total all countries: 140,200.
Region  Bissau, Cacheu region. Also in Senegal.
Language map  Guinea and Guinea-Bissau, reference number 34
Alternate names   Moium, Oium, Papei, Pepel
Dialects  Similar to Mankanya [knf] and Mandjak [mfv]. 3 dialects.
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Atlantic, Northern, Bak, Manjaku-Papel
Language development  Films. NT: 1996.
Comments  Traditional religion, Christian.

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Academic Publications

NICOLETI, Elizabeth Colleen, author. 2012. Substrate Influence on Body-Part Idioms in Crioulo of Guinea-Bissau.  Available online