Banyun language
Banyun | |||
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Bainouk, Nyun | |||
Native to | Guinea-Bissau, Senegal | ||
Ethnicity | Bainuk people | ||
Native speakers | 38,000 (2006–2022)[1] | ||
Language family | Niger–Congo?
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Writing system | Latin | ||
Language codes | |||
ISO 639-3 | Variously:bcz – Bainouk-Gunyaamolobab – Bainouk-Gunyuñobcb – Bainouk-Samik (duplicate code) | ||
Glottolog | bain1264 | ||
ELP |
Banyun (Banyum), Nyun, or Bainouk, is a Senegambian dialect cluster of Senegal and Guinea-Bissau. Spellings are Bagnoun, Banhum, Banyung and Bainuk, Banyuk; other names are Elomay ~ Elunay; for the Gunyaamolo variety Ñuñ or Nyamone, and for Gunyuño Guñuun or Samik.[2] The language is referred to as gu-jaaxər by its speakers.[3] See Baïnounk Gubëeher for the phonology of a closely related language, sometimes thought to be a dialect of Banyum. VarietiesThere are three varieties of Banyun: Baïnouk-gunyaamolo, Baïnouk Samik, and Baïnouk gunyuño.
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