Samik
| Samik | ||
|---|---|---|
|
Spoken in |
Senegal | |
| speaker | 1,850 | |
| Linguistic classification |
Niger-Congo |
|
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-3 |
bcb |
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The Bainouk-Samik language (ISO 639-3 is bcb ) is a West Atlantic language spoken by 1,850 Senegalese residents in scattered villages on the south side of the Casamance River .
It belongs to the Niger-Congo language family and, together with the Bainouk-Gunyaamolo [bcz] in Senegal and the Gunyuño [bab] in Guinea-Bissau, forms the language group of the Banyun languages.
The Samik language is almost extinct, as more and more speakers are adopting French - Senegal's only official language - as their mother tongue. The language is spoken by the historical Bainounka ethnic group .