Bijago or Bidyogo is the language of the Bissagos Archipelago of Guinea-Bissau. There are some difficulties of grammar and intelligibility between dialects, with the Kamona dialect being unintelligible to the others.
The Kajoko dialect is one of the few in the world known to use a linguolabial consonant, the voiced stop to tap [d̼~ɾ̼], in its basic sound system (Olson et al. 2009).
Classificationedit
Bijago is highly divergent. Sapir (1971) classified it as an isolate within the West Atlantic family. However, Segerer showed that this is primarily due to unrecognized sound changes, and that Bijago is in fact close to the Bak languages. For example, the following cognates in Bijago and Joola Kasa (a Bak language) are completely regular, but had not previously been identified (Segerer 2010):
Olson, Kenneth S., D. William Reiman, Fernando Sabio & Filipe Alberto da Silva. 2009. The voiced linguolabial plosive in Kajoko. Chicago Linguistic Society (CLS) 45(1), 519-530.
Segerer, Guillaume. La langue bijogo. Oxford : Pergamon Press, 1997.
Segerer, Guillaume. Lʼorigine des Bijogo : hypothèses de linguiste. In Gaillard, Gérald (Ed), Migrations anciennes et peuplement actuel des Côtes guinéennes, Paris : LʼHarmattan, 2000, pp. 183–191
Segerer, Guillaume. La langue bijogo de Bubaque (Guinée Bissau). Louvain, Paris : Editions Peeters, 2002. 310 pp.
Guillaume Segerer & Florian Lionnet 2010. "'Isolates' in 'Atlantic'". Language Isolates in Africa workshop, Lyon, Dec. 4
January 01, 1970
bijago, language, bijago, bidyogo, language, bissagos, archipelago, guinea, bissau, there, some, difficulties, grammar, intelligibility, between, dialects, with, kamona, dialect, being, unintelligible, others, bidyogobijagonative, toguinea, bissauregionoffshor. Bijago or Bidyogo is the language of the Bissagos Archipelago of Guinea Bissau There are some difficulties of grammar and intelligibility between dialects with the Kamona dialect being unintelligible to the others BidyogoBijagoNative toGuinea BissauRegionOffshore Bissagos IslandsNative speakers36 000 2022 1 Language familyNiger Congo Atlantic CongoAtlanticSenegambianBakBidyogoDialectsKagbaaga Kajoko Orango Anhaqui Anhaki KamonaWriting systemLatinLanguage codesISO 639 3 a href https iso639 3 sil org code bjg class extiw title iso639 3 bjg bjg a Glottologbijo1239This article contains IPA phonetic symbols Without proper rendering support you may see question marks boxes or other symbols instead of Unicode characters For an introductory guide on IPA symbols see Help IPA Dialects are as follows Anhaki on Canhabaque Roxa Island Kagbaaga on Bubaque Island Kajoko on Orango and Uno Islands Kamona on the northern Caravela and Carache Islands Contents 1 Characteristics 2 Classification 3 See also 4 ReferencesCharacteristics editThe Kajoko dialect is one of the few in the world known to use a linguolabial consonant the voiced stop to tap d ɾ in its basic sound system Olson et al 2009 Classification editBijago is highly divergent Sapir 1971 classified it as an isolate within the West Atlantic family However Segerer showed that this is primarily due to unrecognized sound changes and that Bijago is in fact close to the Bak languages For example the following cognates in Bijago and Joola Kasa a Bak language are completely regular but had not previously been identified Segerer 2010 Gloss Bijago Joola Kasa head bu fu kow eye nɛ ji cilSee also editBijogo word list Wiktionary References edit Bidyogo at Ethnologue 26th ed 2023 nbsp Olson Kenneth S D William Reiman Fernando Sabio amp Filipe Alberto da Silva 2009 The voiced linguolabial plosive in Kajoko Chicago Linguistic Society CLS 45 1 519 530 Segerer Guillaume La langue bijogo Oxford Pergamon Press 1997 Segerer Guillaume Lʼorigine des Bijogo hypotheses de linguiste In Gaillard Gerald Ed Migrations anciennes et peuplement actuel des Cotes guineennes Paris LʼHarmattan 2000 pp 183 191 Segerer Guillaume La langue bijogo de Bubaque Guinee Bissau Louvain Paris Editions Peeters 2002 310 pp Guillaume Segerer amp Florian Lionnet 2010 Isolates in Atlantic Language Isolates in Africa workshop Lyon Dec 4 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bijago language amp oldid 1188157217, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
