Jola-Fonyi

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Language: Jola-Fonyi
Alternate names: Diola-Fogny, Dyola, Jola-Fogny, Jóola-Fóoñi, Kujamataak, Kújoolaak kati Kúfooñaak, Yola
Language code: dyo
Language family: Niger-Congo, North-Central Atlantic, Central Atlantic, Bak, Joola-Manjaku, Jola
Number of speakers: 407500
Vulnerability: risk [Read more...]
Script: Arabic script. Latin script.

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Introduction

Jola, also called Jola-Fonyi and Kujamataak, is a language spoken by half a million people in the Casamance region of Senegal, and neighboring countries. Jola-Fonyi is one of several closely related Jola languages spoken in the area.

The Jola-Fonyi Verb

Indicative: N, VI, VS, PS, CR
Habitual: VI, VS, PS, CR
Resultative: VI, VS
Obligative
Indefinite: CR
Dubitative

N: narrative
VI: insistance
VS: subordinated verb
PS: past subordinated
CR: conditional

External Links

Le Diola et le temps - the section of the paper devoted to the Kujamaat language including a discussion of the verbal inflection. (published in Bulletin de de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire, 1967)