Mandjak language

Mandjak
Native to	Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, and the Gambia
Ethnicity	Manjack people
Native speakers	310,000 (2006)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Bak–Bijago Bak proper Jola–Papel Manjaku–Papel Mandjak
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`mfv`
Glottolog	`mand1419`^[2]

Mandjak (Manjack) is a Bak language of Guinea-Bissau and Senegal.

Other spellings are Mandjaque, Mandyak, Manjaca, Manjaco, Manjaku, Manjiak, Mendyako, and Ndyak; another name is Kanyop.

Dialects are distinct enough that some might be considered separate languages. They are:

Bok (Babok, Sarar, Teixeira Pinto, Tsaam)
Likes-Utsia (Baraa, Kalkus)
Cur (Churo)
Lund
Yu (Pecixe, Siis, Pulhilh)
Unhate (Binhante, Bissau)

References

↑ Mandjak at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Mandjak". 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

Languages of the Gambia

Official language	English

Indigenous languages	Balanta Cangin Dyula Fula Karon Kassonke Mandinka Mandjak Pulaar Serer Soninke Wolof

Sign languages	Gambian Sign Language

Languages of Guinea-Bissau

Official language	Portuguese

Non-official languages	Badyara Bainouk-Gunyuño Balanta-Kentohe Bassari Bayot Biafada Bijago Fula Creole Jola-Felupe Jola-Fonyi Kasanga Kobiana Mandinka Mandjak Mankanya Mansoanka Nalu Papel Soninke

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

Authority control	SUDOC: 031740405

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