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Badyara language

Badyara is an Eastern Senegal-Guinea language of Guinea and Guinea-Bissau. Variants of the name are Badara, Badian, Badjara, Badyaranké; there are also Jaad, Bigola, Gola, Kanjad [ka-njad(ɛ)]), Pajade, Pajadinka.

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Badyara
Jaad
Pajade
Native toGuinea, Guinea-Bissau
Native speakers
20,510 (2017–2018)1
Language codes
ISO 639-3pbp
Glottologbady1239
ELPBadyara
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Badyara is an Eastern Senegal-Guinea language of Guinea and Guinea-Bissau. Variants of the name are Badara, Badian, Badjara, Badyaranké; there are also Jaad, Bigola, Gola, Kanjad [ka-njad(ɛ)]2), Pajade, Pajadinka.

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References

  1. Badyara at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Closed access icon
  2. Wilson, William André Auquier. 2007. Guinea Languages of the Atlantic group: description and internal classification. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik, 12.) Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.
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