Papel language

Papel
Papel
Native to	Guinea-Bissau, Senegal
Ethnicity	Papel people
Native speakers	140,000 (2006)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Bak–Bijago Bak proper Jola–Papel Manjaku–Papel Papel; ; ; ; ; ;
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.

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.

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