Bedik
| Bedik | ||
|---|---|---|
|
Spoken in |
Senegal | |
| speaker | 3,380 | |
| Linguistic classification |
Niger-Congo |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-3 |
tnr |
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The Bedik language (ISO 639-3 is tnr; also bande, basari du bandemba, budik, ménik, tandanke, tenda and tendanke) is a West Atlantic language spoken by 3,380 members of the Bedik ethnic group , who live in southeastern Senegal by name Inhabited Iwol Plateau . The traditional name for the language is Ménik . It belongs to the group of Tendik languages within the Niger-Congo language family .
The language is almost extinct as the speakers are increasingly adopting French, the official language of Senegal. Bedik is related to the language Basari [bsc].