Atlantic-Congo · ISO 639-3 bjt
Balanta-Ganja Language
Balanta-Ganja is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken by about 96,000 people in 2 countries. It is written in the Latin and Perso-Arabic scripts.
Where Balanta-Ganja is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Balanta-Ganja
Language family
- Atlantic-Congo
- North-Central Atlantic
- Central Atlantic
- Bak
- Balanta
- Balanta-Ganja
Writing system
Latin and Perso-Arabic scripts
Related languages
About the Balanta-Ganja language
Balanta-Ganja is spoken by about 96,000 people, which makes it the 526th most spoken language in the world — just behind Kashubian (108,000) and ahead of Tahitian (91,000). It belongs to the Atlantic-Congo language family and, more precisely, to the Balanta group within the Central Atlantic branch.
Where is Balanta-Ganja spoken?
Balanta-Ganja is used in 2 countries. The largest communities live in Senegal (114,969).
Balanta-Ganja is not a national official language anywhere. It also has regional official status in Senegal.
Writing system and status
Balanta-Ganja is written in the Latin and Perso-Arabic scripts. It is a safe, widely transmitted language: children still learn it at home as their first language.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Jola-Fonyi, Mandjak and Mankanya.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 bjt.
Frequently asked questions about Balanta-Ganja
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.