Badyara language explained

Badyara
Also Known As:Jaad
Nativename:Pajade
States:Guinea, Guinea-Bissau
Speakers:20,510
Date:2017–2018
Ref:e26
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Atlantic
Fam4:Northern
Fam5:Eastern Senegal-Guinea
Iso3:pbp
Glotto:bady1239
Glottorefname:Jaad-Badyara

Badyara is an Eastern Senegal-Guinea language of Guinea and Guinea-Bissau.

Variants of the name are Badara, Badian, Badjara, Badyaranké; there are also Jaad, Bigola, Gola, Kanjad [ka-njad(ɛ)][1]), Pajade, Pajadinka.

Notes and References

  1. Wilson, William André Auquier. 2007. Guinea Languages of the Atlantic group: description and internal classification. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik, 12.) Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.