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Jola-Fonyi language

Jola-Fonyi language

Jola language spoken in West Africa

"Diola language" redirects here. Not to be confused with Dyula language.

Jola (French: Diola; Jola: Joola), also called Jola-Fonyi (French: Diola-Fogny) and Kujamataak, is a language spoken by 475,000 people in the Casamance region of Senegal, and neighboring countries.[1] Jola-Fonyi is one of several closely related Jola languages spoken in the area.

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Phonology

Consonants

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Vowels

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Vowel length is also phonemic.[2]

Writing System

In Senegal

In Senegal, the decree No.  2005-981 created the official orthography of Jola.

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Long vowels are indicated by doubling the letter: <aa ee ii oo uu>. The acute accent over a vowel <á é í ó ú> indicates that the advanced and retracted tongue root for that vowel and the other vowels of the words by vowel harmony.

References

  1. [1]
    Jola-Fonyi at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Closed access icon
  2. [2]
    Sapir, David J. (1965). A Grammar of Diola-Fogny: A Language Spoken in the Basse-Casamance Region of Senegal. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Bibliography

  • Hopkins, Bradley L. 1995. Contribution à une etude de la syntaxe Diola-Fogny. Cahiers de Recherche Linguistique, 4. Dakar: Société Internationale de Linguistique.
  • Hopkins, Bradley and Elizabeth Hopkins. 1992. Apprentissage de la langue Diola-Fogny: Un cours pratique. Dakar: Société Internationale de Linguistique.

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