Biafada language

Biafada
Native toGuinea-Bissau
Native speakers
45,000 (2006)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3bif
Glottologbiaf1240
ELPBiafada

Biafada (ga-njoola[2]) is a Senegambian language of Guinea-Bissau.

Biafada is heavily influenced by Mandinka. Variants on the name include Beafada, Bedfola, Biafar, Bidyola, Dfola, Fada.

References

  1. ^ Biafada at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Wilson, William André Auquier. 2007. Guinea Languages of the Atlantic group: description and internal classification. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik, 12.) Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.


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