Dyola
Language Information
Dyola or Jola has about 500,000 speakers on either side of the lower Casamance river, which reaches the Atlantic in southern Senegal. It belongs to the Atlantic group of Niger Congo languages, and is one of the regional official languages of Senegal. Speakers call themselves Kuyolak.
Dyola is spoken/used in the following countries:
- Language Family
- Niger-Congo
- Subgroup
- Western Sudanic
- Branch
- West Atlantic
Dyola Language Sample
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1
Jola-Fonyi
Bukanak búrom nan kuwolimi kurere kererer di waafaw búrom. Kubabaj poop búyejet di karampenoor.English translation
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Source: OHCHR translations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights