• Biafada (ga-njoola) is a Senegambian language of Guinea-Bissau. Biafada is heavily influenced by Mandinka. Variants on the name include Beafada, Bedfola...
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    Bissege. The Biafada speak the Biafada language, which belongs to the Niger-Congo languages family. Like most West Africans, the Biafada are farmers....
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    Wolof Cangin languages Bak languages (not including Bijago) Eastern Sénégal–Portuguese Guinea languages Tenda languages Biafada–Pajade Kobiana–Kasanga–Banhum...
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  • Senegambian languages, traditionally known as the Northern West Atlantic, or in more recent literature sometimes confusingly as the Atlantic languages, are a...
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    official language of Guinea-Bissau is Portuguese, which was spoken by 32.1% of the population according to the 2009 census. It is the language of instruction...
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    Guinea-Bissau (category CS1 Portuguese-language sources (pt))
    The earliest inhabitants were the Jolas, Papels, Manjaks, Balantas, and Biafadas. Later the Mandinka and Fulani migrated into the region in the 13th and...
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  • Lançados (category CS1 Portuguese-language sources (pt))
    (c. 1630–1694+) Ganagoga (literally, The Man who Speaks all the Languages in Biafada, born João Ferreira) was a lançado New Christian. He was married...
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  • followed. The oldest inhabitants were the Jola, Papels, Manjaks, Balanta, and Biafada. Later, the Mandinka and Fulani migrated into the region, pushing the earlier...
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  • Polyglotta Africana (category Languages of Africa)
    the author compares 280 words from 200 African languages and dialects (or about 120 separate languages according to today's classification; several varieties...
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  • A.1.a Northern: Wolof, Serer-Sin, Fulani, Serer-Non, Konyagi, Basari, Biafada, Badyara (Pajade), Dyola, Mandyak, Balante, Banyun, Nalu, Cobiana, Cassanga...
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