KCJ ISO 639-3
Kobiana
A language of Guinea-Bissau
- ISO 639
- kcj
- Alternate Names
- Buy, Cobiana, Guboy, Uboi
- Population
- 800 in Guinea-Bissau (2018). Total users in all countries: 1,300.
- Location:
- Cacheu region: near Banyun and Cacheu.
- Language Status
- 6b (Threatened).
- Classification
- Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Atlantic, Northern, Eastern Senegal-Guinea, Nun
- Dialects
- None known. Reportedly similar to Bainouk-Gunyuno [bab] and Kasanga [ccj].
- Language Use
- Some young people, all adults. Also use Mandjak [mfv] (Dimmendaal and Voeltz 2007).
- Other Comments
- Traditional religion.
Also Spoken in
- Location
- Ziguinchor region: Gambian border area.
- Language Status
- 8b (Nearly extinct)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. Traditional religion. View other languages of Senegal
Language Name
Kobiana
User Population
500 in Senegal (2017).
Map
Location: Cacheu region: near Banyun and Cacheu.
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