Manjak language

The Manjak dialects below are distinct enough that some might be considered separate languages. • Bok (Babok, Sarar, Teixeira Pinto, Tsaam) • Likes-Utsia (Baraa, Kalkus) • Cur (Churo) • Lund • Yu (Pecixe, Siis, Pulhilh) • Unhate (Binhante, Bissau) The Manjak dialects listed by Wilson (2007) are • Canchungo (kancuŋuʔ) – central dialect • Baboque (babɔk) (formerly Teixeira Pinto) – eastern dialect • Churo ('''') – northern dialect • Pecixe (locally called pəhlihl; otherwise pəsiis), on an island to the south • Calequisse (kaləkiis), to the west of Canchungo ==Phonology==

Consonants • Sounds are heard in free-fluctuation with affricates in all positions except following nasals. • Sounds may also be lenited as when in intervocalic or word-final positions. can also be heard as a trill in free variation with when in word-final positions. Vowels Only vowels and may also have lengthened equivalents; and . • Sounds may also range to more mid sounds in free variation. • /ɐ/ may have a central allophone as [ʌ̈]. • Sounds may have some fluctuation with lengthened sounds . == Writing system==

The official spelling system for Manjak established by the Senegalese government is regulated by Decree No. 2005-983 of 21 October 2005. ==References==