Bedik language explained

Bedik
Nativename:	Ménik
States:	Senegal
Speakers:	2,500
Date:	2015
Ref:	^[1]
Familycolor:	Niger-Congo
Fam2:	Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:	Senegambian
Fam5:	Basari–Bedik
Iso3:	tnr
Glotto:	bedi1235
Glottorefname:	Bedik

Bedik (Budik, endonym Ménik, Onik), also Banda, is a Senegambian language of Senegal and Guinea spoken by traditional hunter-gatherers. Other names include Bande, Basari du Bandemba, Bedik, Budik, Manik, Münik, Onik, Tandanke, Tenda, Tendanke.

Writing System

Alphabet
A	B	Ɓ	C	D	Ɗ	E	Ë	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	Ñ	Ŋ	O	P	R	S	Ŝ	T	U	W	Y	Ƴ
a	b	ɓ	c	d	ɗ	e	ë	f	g	h	i	j	k	l	m	n	ñ	ŋ	o	p	r	s	ŝ	t	u	w	y	ƴ

External links

• Decree No. 2005-985 of 21 October 2005 relating to the spelling and the separation of words in Ménik via the website of the Journal officiel
• Bradpiece, S. "‘I had to do something’: Senegal electro star sings to save his language" in The Guardian. Retrieved 13 June 2022.

Notes and References

1. News: Ménik. Ethnologue. 2018-08-11. en.