| Jola-Fonyi | |
| Nativename: | kujóolay |
| States: | Gambia, Senegal |
| Region: | Casamance |
| Date: | 2019 |
| Ref: | e26 |
| Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
| Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
| Fam3: | Bak |
| Fam4: | Jola |
| Iso3: | dyo |
| Glotto: | jola1263 |
| Glottorefname: | Jola-Fonyi |
| Dia1: | Buluf |
| Dia2: | Fonyi |
| Dia3: | Kombo |
| Dia4: | Kalounaye |
| Dia5: | Narang |
Jola (French: Diola; Jola: Joola), also called Jola-Fonyi (French: Diola-Fogny) and Kujamataak, is a language spoken by 475,000 people in the Casamance region of Senegal, and neighboring countries. Jola-Fonyi is one of several closely related Jola languages spoken in the area.
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop/ Affricate | voiceless | p | t | t͡ʃ | k | ||
| voiced | b | d | d͡ʒ | ɡ | |||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |||
| Fricative | f | s | h | ||||
| Trill | r | ||||||
| Lateral | l | ||||||
| Approximant | w | j | |||||
| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | ||
| Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | ||
| Close-mid | e | ə | o | |
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | ||
| Open | a |
In Senegal, the decree No. 2005-981 created the official orthography of Jola.
| Jola Alphabet (Senegal) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uppercase | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | Ñ | Ŋ | O | P | R | S | T | U | W | Y | |
| Lowercase | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | ñ | ŋ | o | p | r | s | t | u | w | y | |
Long vowels are indicated by doubling the letter: