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| Banyun | |
|---|---|
| Bainouk, Nyun | |
| Native to | Guinea-Bissau, Senegal |
| Ethnicity | Bainuk people |
Native speakers | 38,000 (2006–2022)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
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| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:bcz – Bainouk-Gunyaamolobab – Bainouk-Gunyuñobcb – Bainouk-Samik (duplicate code) |
| Glottolog | bain1264 |
| ELP | |
| Language | gu-jaaxər |
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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.
- ^ Bainouk-Gunyaamolo at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)
Bainouk-Gunyuño at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)
Bainouk-Samik (duplicate code) at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)
- ^ Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
- ^ Wilson, William André Auquier. 2007. Guinea Languages of the Atlantic group: description and internal classification. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik, 12.) Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.
