Language
The Jola speak a variety of dialects which may not, at times, be mutually intelligible, including:
- Banjaal spoken in a small area south of the Casamance River.
- Bayot spoken around Ziguinchor.
- Ejamat spoken in a handful of villages south of Oussouye.
- Fonyi (Kujamatay) spoken around Bignona.
- Gusilay spoken in the village of Tionk Essil.
- Karon spoken along the coast of Casamance south of Diouloulou.
- Kasa spoken around Oussouye.
- Kuwatay spoken along the coast south of the Casamance River.
- Mlomp spoken in the village of Mlomp.
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