Peace Corps - Jola Language Lessons
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Jola Lesson 1 - General GreetingsJola Lesson 10 - Transportation
Jola Lesson 11 - Adjectives
Jola Lesson 12 - Weather and Weather Words
Jola Lesson 13 - Tailoring
Jola Lesson 14 - General Complements
Jola Lesson 15 - Family and Friends Vocab
Jola Lesson 16 - Noticing if Someone is Sick
Jola Lesson 17 - Common Phrases
Jola Lesson 18 - Question Words and Responses
Jola Lesson 19 - Offering Prayers
Jola Lesson 2 - Morning and Afternoon Greetings
Jola Lesson 20 - Expressing Needs
Jola Lesson 21 - Location
Jola Lesson 22 - Credits
Jola Lesson 3 - Leave Taking
Jola Lesson 4 - Personal Identification
Jola Lesson 5 - Introducing Someone
Jola Lesson 6 - Counting
Jola Lesson 7 - Shopping
Jola Lesson 8 - Common Conversation
Jola Lesson 9 - Verbs and Tenses
COURSE OVERVIEW
This Peace Corps survival course is designed to teach you the basic survival level of the Jola language when traveling in Gambia or Guinea Bissau. The lesson cover the following subjects:
Lesson 1: General Greetings
Lesson 2: Morning and Afternoon Greetings
Lesson 3: Leave Taking
Lesson 4: Personal Identification
Lesson 5: Introductions
Lesson 6: Counting
Lesson 7: Shopping
Lesson 8: Common Conversation
Lesson 9: Verbs and Tenses
Lesson 10: Transportation
Lesson 11: Adjective
Lesson 12: Weather and Weather Words
Lesson 13: Tailoring
Lesson 14: General Compliments
Lesson 15: Family/Friendly Vocabulary
Lesson 16: Noticing Someone is Sick
Lesson 17: Question Words and Responses
Lesson 18: Common Phrases
Lesson 19: Offering Prayers
Lesson 20: Expressing Needs
Lesson 21: Location
PROGRAMS THAT USED THIS LANGUAGE
Gambia: 1967-present
Guinea Bissau: 1963-1966, 1969-1971, 1985-present
PROGRAM SECTORS
Gambia: Education, Health, Environment
Guinea Bissau: Education, Health, Environment
Jola or Diola is the name for a dialect cluster spoken in Senegal, The Gambia, and Guinea Bissau. It belongs to the Bak branch of the NigerCongo language family. The primary branches of Jola proper and to some extent Central Jola are not mutually intelligible.
Jola is spoken in: Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea Bissau
Jola is also called: Ediamat, Ejamat, Feloup, Felup, Felupe, Floup, Flup, Fulup, Jola-Felupe
