Bedik (Budik, endonym ''Ménik, Onik''), also ''Banda'', is a Senegambian language of

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and

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spoken by traditional

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s. Other names include Bande, Basari du Bandemba, Bedik, Budik, Manik, Münik, Onik, Tandanke, Tenda, Tendanke.

Writing System

References

External links

Decree No. 2005-985 of 21 October 2005 relating to the spelling and the separation of words in Ménik
via the website of the ''Journal officiel''
Bradpiece, S. "‘I had to do something’: Senegal electro star sings to save his language"
in ''

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