Kwatay language

Kwatay
Kuwaataay
Native toSenegal
Native speakers
6,200 (2006)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3cwt
Glottologkuwa1246
ELPKuwaataay
Waat
Persona-waat, a-jɛmbɛrɛŋ
Peopleɛ-waat
Languageɛlɔp ɛjɛmbɛrɛŋay; bahamin buwaatay
Countryjuwaat

Kwatay (Kuwaataay) is a divergent Jola language of Senegal.

The Diembereng dialect is spoken on a southern coastal island of the same name, located in the Casamance River delta. A person is referred to as a-jɛmbɛrɛŋ or a-waat, and people are referred to as ɛ-waat. Their territory is known as juwaat. The language is called ɛlɔp ɛjɛmbɛrɛŋay and bahamin buwaatay, where ɛlɔp and presumably bahamin mean 'language'.[2]

  1. ^ Kwatay 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.