Jola (Diola) language

E611020
Atlantic-Congo language Jola language Niger-Congo language language continuum language group

The Jola (Diola) language is a group of Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily by the Jola people of Senegal, Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau, known for their complex noun class systems and rich oral traditions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Jola languages 3
Jola (Diola) language canonical 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Atlantic-Congo language ⓘ
Jola language ⓘ
Niger-Congo language ⓘ
language continuum ⓘ
language group ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Balanta language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Manjaku language NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jola people NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature agglutinative morphology ⓘ
complex noun class system ⓘ
noun classes ⓘ
noun classes ⓘ
noun classes ⓘ
rich oral tradition ⓘ
tone ⓘ
tone ⓘ
verb serialization ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script
ISO639-3Code csk ⓘ
cwt ⓘ
dyo ⓘ
fpe ⓘ
krx ⓘ
ISO639-5Code djo ⓘ
languageFamily Niger-Congo ⓘ
Niger-Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Niger-Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Niger-Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Niger-Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfLanguageBranch Bak languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfLanguageFamily Niger-Congo language family NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Casamance NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lower Gambia region NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenBy Jola people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jola people NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn Guinea-Bissau NERFINISHED ⓘ
Guinea-Bissau NERFINISHED ⓘ
Senegal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Senegal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Senegal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Senegal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Senegal NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Gambia NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Gambia NERFINISHED ⓘ
subclassOf Atlantic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jola languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Niger-Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedIn folklore ⓘ
music and songs ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ
traditional Jola religious practices ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

J. David Sapir → studies → Jola (Diola) language ⓘ
Casamance → hasLanguage → Jola (Diola) language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jola languages
Senegambian languages → hasSubgroup → Jola (Diola) language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jola languages
Senegambia → includesLanguage → Jola (Diola) language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jola languages