Bijago language

Bijago or Bidyogo is the language of the Bissagos Archipelago of Guinea-Bissau. There are some difficulties of grammar and intelligibility between dialects, with the Kamona dialect being unintelligible to the others.

Bidyogo
Bijago
Native toGuinea-Bissau
RegionOffshore Bissagos Islands
Native speakers
36,000 (2022)
Niger–Congo?
Dialects
  • Kagbaaga
  • Kajoko (Orango)
  • Anhaqui (Anhaki)
  • Kamona
Writing system
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3bjg
Glottologbijo1239

Dialects are as follows:

  • Anhaki on Canhabaque (Roxa) Island
  • Kagbaaga on Bubaque Island
  • Kajoko on Orango and Uno Islands.
  • Kamona on the northern Caravela and Carache Islands
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