Gusilay
| Gusilay | ||
|---|---|---|
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Spoken in |
Senegal , Guinea-Bissau | |
| speaker | 15,400 (2006) | |
| Linguistic classification |
Niger-Congo
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-3 |
gsl |
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The language Gusilay (ISO 639-3: gsl; also gusiilay, gusilaay, kusiilaay, kusilay) is a West Atlantic language of Senegal and is used by a total of 15,400 people (as of 2006) from the Gusilay people ( Jola-Gusilay ) and in the border region spoken in Guinea-Bissau . The place where the language is spoken is called Tionk Essil .
With the language Bandial [bqj], Gusilay represents the individual subgroup of the Gusilay languages within the language group Jola-Zentral.