Jola-Fonyi language

{{Infobox language

|name=Jola-Fonyi

|nativename=kujóolay

|states=Gambia, Senegal

|region=Casamance

|speakers={{sigfig|475,000|2}}

|dateprefix=

|date=2019

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|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Bak

|fam4=Jola

|iso3=dyo

|glotto=jola1263

|glottorefname=Jola-Fonyi

|dia1=Buluf

|dia2=Fonyi

|dia3=Kombo

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|dia5=Narang

}}

Jola ({{langx|fr|Diola}}; Jola: Joola), also called Jola-Fonyi ({{langx|fr|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.

Phonology

= Consonants =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! colspan="2" \| !Labial !Alveolar !Palatal !Velar !Glottal
rowspan="2" \|Stop/ Affricate !voiceless \|p \|t \|t͡ʃ \|k \|
voiced \|b \|d \|d͡ʒ \|ɡ \|
colspan="2" \|Nasal \|m \|n \|ɲ \|ŋ \|
colspan="2" \|Fricative \|f \|s \| \| \|h
colspan="2" \|Trill \| \|r \| \| \|
colspan="2" \|Lateral \| \|l \| \| \|
colspan="2" \|Approximant \|w \| \|j \| \|

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! colspan="2" |

rowspan="2" |Stop/
Affricate

!voiceless

|t͡ʃ

voiced

|d͡ʒ

|ɡ

colspan="2" |Nasal

|ɲ

|ŋ

colspan="2" |Fricative

colspan="2" |Trill

colspan="2" |Lateral

colspan="2" |Approximant

= Vowels =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! ! Front !Central ! Back
align="center" ! Close \|i \| \|u
Near-close \|ɪ \| \|ʊ
Close-mid \|e \|ə \|o
Open-mid \|ɛ \| \|ɔ
align="center" !Open \| \|a \|

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! Front

!Central

! Back

align="center"

! Close

Near-close

|ɪ

|ʊ

Close-mid

|ə

Open-mid

|ɛ

|ɔ

align="center"

!Open

Vowel length is also phonemic.{{Cite book|last=Sapir|first=David J.|title=A Grammar of Diola-Fogny: A Language Spoken in the Basse-Casamance Region of Senegal|publisher=Cambridge: Cambridge University Press|year=1965}}

Writing System

=In Senegal=

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"

! colspan="25" | Jola Alphabet (Senegal)

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! Uppercase

| A

| F

| K

| Ŋ

| T

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! Lowercase

| a

| f

| k

| ŋ

| t

Long vowels are indicated by doubling the letter: . 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

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.

External links

J. David Sapir, [http://people.virginia.edu/~ds8s/Kujamaat-Joola/ Linguistic and Folklore materials from the Kujamaat Jóola].

Category:Languages of Senegal

Category:Jola languages