Bandial
| Bandial | ||
|---|---|---|
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Spoken in |
Senegal | |
| speaker | 10,125 (2002) | |
| Linguistic classification |
Niger-Congo
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-3 |
bqj |
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Bandial (also Diola -Bandial ) is a language spoken in Casamance in southern Senegal .
It is a Bak language found in the northern branch of the West Atlantic languages , which in turn belong to the Niger-Congo language family.
The alternative name for the language is Banjaal.
speaker
In 2002 the bandial was spoken by 10,125 people in Senegal.
Localization
The Bandial is present in the Casamance villages of Affiniam, Badiate-Grand, Bandial, Brin, Enampore, Essyl, Etama, Kamobeul and Séléki.
With the exception of Affiniam, all of these localities are located inside a zone bounded by the Casamance River to the north, the Komobeul Bolong in the west, the Ziguinchor - Oussouye route in the south and the Brin- Niassia route in the east.