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ALSO KNOWN AS		Banjaal, Banjal
CLASSIFICATION		Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Central Atlantic
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		bqj
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Elun Affiniam Bandial
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Information from: “Impersonal constructions in Jóola-Banjal” . Alain Christian Bassene and Denis Creissels (2011) , Andrej Malchukov and Anna Siewierska · John Benjamins

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~7,000
Native speakers worldwide

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "...in the villages of Badiatte, Bandial, Batignère, Batignère Essil, Elubalir, Enampore, Essil, Ettama, Kameubeul, and Séléki, which constitute the territory traditionally called Mof Avvi (‘the land of the king’). The area is a peninsula bounded by the Casamance River on the north, the Kameubeul Bolong on the west, and the Ziguinchor-Oussouye road on the south and on the east."

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,000-5,000
Native speakers worldwide

MORE ON VITALITY

"Seriously threatened and doomed to extinction in the near future."

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10,125
Native speakers worldwide

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10,125
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
A few hundred
Native speakers worldwide

MORE ON VITALITY

"Although the language is vital within this small community, speaker numbers are dwindling as people migrate to urban areas in search of work."

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Casamance region of Senegal... village of Brin and the surrounding area."

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
11,200
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2006

PLACES: Senegal;

9027205914		2011	Impersonal constructions in Jóola-Banjal	Impersonal Constructions: A cross-linguistic perspective	Andrej Malchukov and Anna Siewierska	John Benjamins				Alain Christian Bassene and Denis Creissels	Bassene, Alain Christian and Denis Creissels. 2011. "Impersonal Constructions in Jóola-Banjal." In Impersonal Constructions: A cross-linguistic perspective, edited by Andrej Malchukov and Anna Siewierska. John Benjamins.		~7,000		1000-9999	Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			"...in the villages of Badiatte, Bandial, Batignère, Batignère Essil, Elubalir, Enampore, Essil, Ettama, Kameubeul, and Séléki, which constitute the territory traditionally called Mof Avvi (‘the land of the king’). The area is a peninsula bounded by the Casamance River on the north, the Kameubeul Bolong on the west, and the Ziguinchor-Oussouye road on the south and on the east."
	16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)		M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX		http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	11,200	2006	10000-99999	Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Senegal;
	3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger			UNESCO Publishing	Paris		http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub	10,125		10000-99999	Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				12.5317,-16.1553
		2011	"A documentation of Kujireray and research into its nominal and verbal derivational morphology" HRELP Abstract						http://www.hrelp.org/grants/projects/index.php?projid=275	Rachel Watson	Watson, Rachel. 2011. ""A Documentation of Kujireray and Research Into Its Nominal and Verbal Derivational Morphology" HRELP Abstract." Online: http://www.hrelp.org/grants/projects/index.php?projid=275.		A few hundred		100-999	Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	"Although the language is vital within this small community, speaker numbers are dwindling as people migrate to urban areas in search of work."		"Casamance region of Senegal... village of Brin and the surrounding area."
			World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		10,125		10000-99999	Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
		2006	Language Endangerment in West Africa: Its Victims and Causes	The Joy of Language: Proceedings of a symposium honoring the colleagues of David Dwyer on the occasion of his retirement				Michigan State University	https://www.msu.edu/~dwyer/16-Childs.doc	G. Tucker Childs	G. Tucker Childs. 2006. "Language Endangerment in West Africa: Its Victims and Causes." In The Joy of Language: Proceedings of a symposium honoring the colleagues of David Dwyer on the occasion of his retirement, Online: https://www.msu.edu/~dwyer/16-Childs.doc.		1,000-5,000		1000-9999	Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	"Seriously threatened and doomed to extinction in the near future."

Bandial

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Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~7,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,000-5,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10,125

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10,125

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

A few hundred

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

11,200

Discussion

Bandial

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Language information by source

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~7,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,000-5,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10,125

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10,125

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

A few hundred

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

11,200

Discussion

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