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Banyun
Bainouk, Nyun
Native to	Guinea-Bissau, Senegal
Ethnicity	Bainuk people
Native speakers	38,000 (2006–2022)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Atlantic Senegambian Wolof–Nyun Nyun-Buy Banyun
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously: `bcz` – Bainouk-Gunyaamolo `bab` – Bainouk-Gunyuño `bcb` – Bainouk-Samik (duplicate code)
Glottolog	`bain1264`
ELP	Bainouk-Gunyaamolo Baïnounk Gujaher

Language	gu-jaaxər

Banyun (Banyum), Nyun, or Bainouk, is a Senegambian dialect cluster of Senegal and Guinea-Bissau.

Spellings are Bagnoun, Banhum, Banyung and Bainuk, Banyuk; other names are Elomay ~ Elunay; for the Gunyaamolo variety Ñuñ or Nyamone, and for Gunyuño Guñuun or Samik. The language is referred to as gu-jaaxər by its speakers.

See Baïnounk Gubëeher for the phonology of a closely related language, sometimes thought to be a dialect of Banyum.

Varieties

There are three varieties of Banyun: Baïnouk-gunyaamolo, Baïnouk Samik, and Baïnouk gunyuño.

Bainouk-Gunyaamolo is spoken by 30,000 people in 2013. It is spoken in the northern Casamance River area, within a triangle formed by the towns of Bignona, Tobor and Niamone or north of Ziguinchor. It is also spoken in Gambia.
Baïnouk-Samik is spoken by 1,850 people in 2006. It is found mainly on the left bank of the Casamance River, around Samik and surrounding villages, approximately 20 km east of Ziguinchor.
Baïnouk-Gunyuño (Bainounk-Gujaher) is spoken by 8,860 people in 2006. It is found in the region of Cacheu and near São Domingos in Guinea-Bissau.

References

Bainouk-Gunyaamolo at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)
Bainouk-Gunyuño at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)
Bainouk-Samik (duplicate code) at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)
Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
Wilson, William André Auquier. 2007. Guinea Languages of the Atlantic group: description and internal classification. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik, 12.) Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.

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Official language	Portuguese
Non-official languages	Badyara Bainouk-Gunyuño Balanta-Kentohe Bassari Bayot Biafada Bijago Fula Creole Jola-Felupe Jola-Fonyi Kasanga Kobiana Mandinka Manjak Mankanya Mansoanka Nalu Papel Soninke
Immigrant languages	English French Spanish Arabic German Italian Hindi Hebrew Arabic Chinese Portuguese Japanese Romani Russian

Atlantic languages

Bak

Jola	Bayot Fonyi Banjaal Gusilay. Ejamat Kasa Kuwaataay Karon Mlomp
Papel	Mandjak Mankanya Papel
Others	Balanta Bijago

Senegambian

Fula–Tenda	Basari Bedik Bapeng Biafada Fula Konyagi Lehar Ndut Noon Pajade Palor Safen Serer
Others	Banyum Kasanga Kobiana Nalu Wolof

Mel

Rio Nunez

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