Jola-Fonyi
kujóolay
Jola-Fonyi is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Senegal, Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau, by about 410 thousand people.
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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. Jola-Fonyi is one of several closely related Jola languages spoken in the area.
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Written down
Bukanak búrom nan kuwolimi kurere kererer di waafaw búrom. Kubabaj poop búyejet di karampenoor.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Jola-Fonyi
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | asɛk | |
| person | alhahukow* | |
| name | kasaf* | |
| eye | jikil* | |
| ear | ejan* | |
| nose | egnindu* | |
| tooth | kaghigh* | |
| tongue | huleluf* | |
| hand | kaghen* | |
| blood | hasim* | |
| bone | eul* | |
| skin | kafoNol* | |
| knee | hujul* | |
| liver | hugn* | |
| water | mumɛl | |
| fire | sambun* | |
| sun | tinak* | |
| star | eut* | |
| stone | egisa* | |
| tree | bunuhuken* | |
| leaf | katoj* | |
| night | huk* | |
| dog | ejangi* | |
| fish | ewol* | |
| one | ano* | |
| two | silhuba* | |
| I | inje* | |
| you | au* | |
| we | ololal* | |
| drink | bahob* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · jola1263 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · dyo