Papel language
| Papel | |
|---|---|
| Oyum | |
| Native to | Guinea-Bissau, Senegal |
| Ethnicity | Papel |
Native speakers | 160,000 (2022) |
| Dialects |
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| Latin | |
| 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.