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Manjak or Manjack (French: Mandjak, Mandyak; Portuguese: Manjaco) or Njak is a Bak language of Guinea-Bissau and Senegal. The language is also known as Kanyop.

Manjak
Native to	Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, and the Gambia
Ethnicity	Manjack
Native speakers	310,000 (2006)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Bak–Bijago Bak proper Jola–Papel Manjaku–Papel Manjak
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mfv
Glottolog	mand1419

In 2006, the total number of speakers was estimated at 315,300, including 184,000 in Guinea-Bissau, 105,000 in Senegal and 26,300 in The Gambia.

Dialects

The Manjak dialects below are distinct enough that some might be considered separate languages.

• Bok (Babok, Sarar, Teixeira Pinto, Tsaam)
• Likes-Utsia (Baraa, Kalkus)
• Cur (Churo)
• Lund
• Yu (Pecixe, Siis, Pulhilh)
• Unhate (Binhante, Bissau)

The Manjak dialects listed by Wilson (2007) are[2]

• Canchungo (kancuŋuʔ) – central dialect
• Baboque (babɔk) (formerly Teixeira Pinto) – eastern dialect
• Churo (cuur) – northern dialect
• Pecixe (locally called pəhlihl; otherwise pəsiis), on an island to the south
• Calequisse (kaləkiis), to the west of Canchungo

Writing system

The official spelling system for Manjak established by the Senegalese government is regulated by Decree No. 2005-983 of 21 October 2005.

Manjak alphabet (Senegal)

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References

Further reading

External links

• Decree no. 2005-983 of 21 October 2005 relating to the spelling and the separation of words in Manjakú via the website of the Journal officiel.

На других языках

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[de] Mandjak (Sprache)

Mandjak (portugiesisch Maniaca, französisch Manjaque) ist eine westatlantische Sprache, die in Guinea-Bissau, aber auch in Gambia, im Senegal und in Frankreich gesprochen wird.

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- [en] Manjak language

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[fr] Manjaque

Le manjaque (ou manjak) est une langue parlée en Guinée-Bissau, en Gambie et au Sénégal ainsi que par la diaspora manjaque notamment en France. La codification de son écriture lui a permis d'accéder au statut de langue nationale au Sénégal en 2002.

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