Kwatay language

Divergent Jola language spoken in Senegal

Kwatay
Kuwaataay
Native to	Senegal
Native speakers	6,200 (2006)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Bak Jola Jola Proper Kwatay
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`cwt`
Glottolog	`kuwa1246`
ELP	Kuwaataay

Waat
Person	a-waat, a-jɛmbɛrɛŋ
People	ɛ-waat
Language	ɛlɔp ɛjɛmbɛrɛŋay; bahamin buwaatay
Country	juwaat

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]

References

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