Atlantic-Congo · ISO 639-3 dyo
Jola-Fonyi Language kujóolay
Jola-Fonyi is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken by about 410,000 people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Jola-Fonyi is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Jola-Fonyi
Language family
- Atlantic-Congo
- North-Central Atlantic
- Central Atlantic
- Bak
- Joola-Manjaku
- Jola
- Jola-Fonyi
Writing system
Latin script
Related languages
About the Jola-Fonyi language
Jola-Fonyi (kujóolay) is spoken by about 410,000 people, which makes it the 503rd most spoken language in the world — just behind Samoan (415,720) and ahead of Dhivehi (380,000). It belongs to the Atlantic-Congo language family and, more precisely, to the Jola group within the Central Atlantic branch.
Where is Jola-Fonyi spoken?
Jola-Fonyi is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Senegal (490,035).
Jola-Fonyi is not a national official language anywhere. It also has regional official status in Senegal.
Writing system and status
Jola-Fonyi is written in the Latin script. 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 Mandjak, Mankanya and Balanta-Ganja.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 dyo.
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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.