Papel language

Papel
Papel
Oyum
Native to	Guinea-Bissau, Senegal
Ethnicity	Papel
Native speakers	160,000 (2022)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Senegambian Bak Manjaku–Papel Papel; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Bolau; Botor; Bojimza; Bosafim; Bonzula; Bontin; Bomzum; Bowoar; Borawis; Bosez; Bopuul; Bosalnka; Bojaal;
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	pbo
Glottolog	pape1239

Papel (Pepel, Papei), or Oium (Moium), is a Bak language of Guinea-Bissau.

Papel is the language spoken by the Papel people, who live in the central coastal regions of Guinea-Bissau, namely the Biombo Region where it is spoken by 136,000 Bissau-Guineans. Papel speakers are estimated to be around 140,000 in total globally.^[2]

Papel has 79,000 speakers living on Bissau Island (called (b)uhlawʔ or (b)usawʔ in Papel). Dialects include Biombo (Papel: uyomʔ) in the southwest and Safim (Papel: safli) in the northeast.^[3]

^ Papel at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
^ "Papel". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
^ Wilson, William André Auquier. 2007. Guinea Languages of the Atlantic group: description and internal classification. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik, 12.) Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.

[e27-1] Papel at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)

[2] "Papel". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2016-11-13.

[Wilson-3] 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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