Jola-Felupe (Feloup, Felup, Felupe, Floup, Flup, Fulup) or Ejamat (Ediamat) is a
Jola language
Jola (Joola) or Diola is a dialect continuum spoken in Senegal, the Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau. It belongs to the Bak branch of the Niger–Congo language family.
Name
The name ''Jola'' is an exonym, and may be from the Mandinka word ''joo ...
of the
Casamance
, settlement_type = Geographical region
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, image_caption = Casamance in Senegal
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region of
Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣� ...
and neighboring
Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( pt, República da Guiné-Bissau, links=no ), ...
, including around Calequisse (Kaləkis), on the western edge of the
Manjak area south of the
Cacheu River
The Cacheu is a river of Guinea-Bissau also known as the Farim along its upper course. Its total length is about 257 km. One of its major tributaries is the Canjambari River. Course
Its headwaters are near the northern border of the country, ...
. A person is called ''ɸuluɸ'' or ''ajamuʂay'' by speakers of the dialect, and the language is called either ''ɛlɔp eluɸay'' or ''ɛlɔp ɛjamuʂay'' (or ''Ejamatay'' in
Husuy).
[Wilson, William André Auquier. 2007. ''Guinea Languages of the Atlantic group: description and internal classification''. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik, 12.) Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.]
Kerak (Keerak, Keeraku; also Her) appears to be a dialect, though ''Ethnologue'' assigns it a separate ISO code due to early survey work which suggested it was more distinct.
References
Languages of Senegal
Languages of Guinea-Bissau
Jola languages
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