Kwatay language

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Kwatay
Kuwaataay
Native to Senegal
Native speakers
6,200 (2006) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 cwt
Glottolog kuwa1246
ELP Kuwaataay
Waat
Persona-waat, a-jɛmbɛrɛŋ
Peopleɛ-waat
Languageɛlɔp ɛjɛmbɛrɛŋay; bahamin buwaatay
Countryjuwaat

Kwatay (Kuwaataay) is a divergent Jola language of Senegal.

The Diembereng dialect is spoken on a southern coastal island of the same name, located in the Casamance River delta. A person is referred to as a-jɛmbɛrɛŋ or a-waat, and people are referred to as ɛ-waat. Their territory is known as juwaat. The language is called ɛlɔp ɛjɛmbɛrɛŋay and bahamin buwaatay, where ɛlɔp and presumably bahamin mean 'language'. [2]

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References

  1. Kwatay at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Wilson, William André Auquier. 2007. Guinea Languages of the Atlantic group: description and internal classification. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik, 12.) Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.