Banyun language

{{Short description|Group of Senegambian languages of Senegal and Guinea-Bissau}} {{Infobox language | name = Banyun | nativename = Bainouk, Nyun | states = Guinea-Bissau, Senegal | speakers = {{sigfig|37,850|2}} | date = 2006–2022 | ref = e26 | ethnicity = Bainuk | script = Latin | familycolor = Niger-Congo | fam2 = Atlantic–Congo | fam3 = Atlantic | fam4 = Senegambian | fam5 = Wolof–Nyun | fam6 = Nyun-Buy | lc1 = bcz | ld1 = Bainouk-Gunyaamolo | lc2 = bab | ld2 = Bainouk-Gunyuño | lc3 = bcb | ld3 = Bainouk-Samik (duplicate code) | glotto = bain1264 | glottorefname = Bainounk | map2 = Lang Status 40-SE.svg | mapcaption2 = {{center|Bainouk-Gunyaamolo is classified as Vulnerable and Bainouk-Samik is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO ''Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger''.}} }} {{Infobox ethnonym|language=gu-jaaxər}} '''Banyun''' (Banyum), '''Nyun''', or '''Bainouk''', is a Senegambian language group of around 8 closely related languages in 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''.<ref>Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices</ref> The language is referred to as ''gu-jaaxər'' by its speakers.<ref name="Wilson">Wilson, William André Auquier. 2007. ''Guinea Languages of the Atlantic group: description and internal classification''. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik, 12.) Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.</ref>

See Baïnounk Gubëeher for the phonology of a Banyun language.

==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.

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Category:Senegambian languages Category:Languages of Senegal Category:Languages of Guinea-Bissau Category:Endangered Niger–Congo languages Category:Vulnerable languages Category:Severely endangered languages