Gusilay language

Gusilay
Native to	Senegal
Region	Tionk Essil
Native speakers	15,000 (2006)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Bak Jola Gusilay
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`gsl`
Glottolog	`gusi1246`^[2]

Gusilay (Gusiilay, Gusilaay, Kusiilaay, Kusilay) is a Jola language of the Casamance region of Senegal.

References

↑ Gusilay at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Gusilay". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Languages of Senegal

Official language	French

National languages	Balanta-Ganja Hassaniyya Jola-Fonyi Mandinka Mandjak Mankanya Noon Pulaar Serer Soninke Wolof

Indigenous languages	Bambara Bandial Bapeng Bassari Bayot Bedik Dyula Fula Gusilay Jola-Felupe Karon Kasa Kassonke Kobiana Laalaa Maninka Ndut Palor Safen Wamey Yalunka Zenaga

Atlantic languages

Bak languages

Jola	Bayot Fonyi Banjaal Gusilay. Ejamat Kasa Kuwaataay Karon Mlomp

Other	Balanta Bayot Bijago Mandjak Mankanya Papel

Senegambian

Fula–Tenda	Basari Bedik Bapeng Biafada Fula Konyagi Lehar Ndut Noon Pajade Palor Safen Serer

Others	Baga Pokur Banyum Kasanga Kobiana Mbulungish Nalu Wolof

Mel languages

Others

Limba
Gola

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