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Banyun language

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Banyun
Bainouk, Nyun
Native to	Guinea-Bissau, Senegal
Ethnicity	Bainuk people
Native speakers	38,000 (2006–2022)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Atlantic Senegambian Wolof–Nyun Nyun-Buy Banyun
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously: `bcz` – Bainouk-Gunyaamolo `bab` – Bainouk-Gunyuño `bcb` – Bainouk-Samik (duplicate code)
Glottolog	`bain1264`
ELP	Bainouk-Gunyaamolo Baïnounk Gujaher

Language	gu-jaaxər

Banyun (Banyum), Nyun, or Bainouk, is a Senegambian dialect clusterofSenegal and Guinea-Bissau.

Spellings are Bagnoun, Banhum, Banyung and Bainuk, Banyuk; other names are Elomay ~ Elunay; for the Gunyaamolo variety ÑuñorNyamone, and for Gunyuño GuñuunorSamik.^[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.

Varieties[edit]

There are three varieties of Banyun: Baïnouk-gunyaamolo, Baïnouk Samik, and Baïnouk gunyuño.

Bainouk-Gunyaamolo is spoken by 30,000 people in 2013. It is spoken in the northern Casamance River area, within a triangle formed by the towns of Bignona, Tobor and Niamone or north of Ziguinchor. It is also spoken in Gambia.
Baïnouk-Samik is spoken by 1,850 people in 2006. It is found mainly on the left bank of the Casamance River, around Samik and surrounding villages, approximately 20 km east of Ziguinchor.
Baïnouk-Gunyuño (Bainounk-Gujaher) is spoken by 8,860 people in 2006. It is found in the region of Cacheu and near São Domingos in Guinea-Bissau.

References[edit]

^ Bainouk-GunyaamoloatEthnologue (26th ed., 2023)
Bainouk-GunyuñoatEthnologue (26th ed., 2023)
Bainouk-Samik (duplicate code)atEthnologue (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.