Banyun language

Banyun
Banyun
Bainouk, Nyun
Native to	Guinea-Bissau, Senegal
Ethnicity	Bainuk people
Native speakers	38,000 (2006–2022)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Atlantic Senegambian Wolof–Nyun Nyun-Buy Banyun; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously:; bcz – Bainouk-Gunyaamolo; bab – Bainouk-Gunyuño; bcb – Bainouk-Samik (duplicate code)
Glottolog	bain1264
ELP	Bainouk-Gunyaamolo; Bainouk-Samik; Baïnounk Gujaher;

Banyun (Banyum), Nyun, or Bainouk, is a Senegambian dialect cluster of Senegal and Guinea-Bissau.

Spellings are Bagnoun, Banhum, Banyung and Bainuk, Banyuk; other names are Elomay ~ Elunay; for the Gunyaamolo variety Ñuñ or Nyamone, and for Gunyuño Guñuun or Samik. The language is referred to as gu-jaaxər by its speakers.

See Baïnounk Gubëeher for the phonology of a closely related language, sometimes thought to be a dialect of Banyum.

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