Alternate Names: Kanyop, Mandjaque, Mandyak, Manjaca, Manjack, Manjaco, Manjaku, Manjiak, Mendyako, Ndyak
Dialects: Bok (Babok, Sarar, Teixeira Pinto, Tsaam), Cur (Churo), Likes-Utsia (Baraa, Kalkus), Lund, Yu (Pecixe, Pulhilh, Siis). Some dialects may be separate languages.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 184,000 in Guinea-Bissau (2006 World Factbook). Population total all countries: 310,600.
Language Use: Important politically. Thousands emigrated to France. Used as L2 by Kobiana [kcj], Mankanya [knf].
Language Development: Films. Bible portions: 1968.
Typology: Nominal prefixes, 2 plural forms; complex auxiliary verbs and aspect particles; verb suffixes; relative clauses functioning as adjectives, with nominal markers at beginning and end; pitch distinction on verbal and nominal forms; emphatic markers.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Guinea-Bissau
Other Comments: Traditional religion, Christian, Muslim.