Balanta language

Balanta (or Balant) is a group of two closely related Bak languages of West Africa spoken by the Balanta people.
Description.
Balanta is now generally divided into two distinct languages; Balanta-Kentohe and Balanta-Ganja.
Balanta-Kentohe.
The Balanta-Kentohe ("Kəntɔhɛ") language is spoken by a total of 423,000 people on the north central and central coast of Guinea-Bissau (where as of 2006 it is spoken by 397,000 people, many of which can be found in the Oio Region) as well as in the Gambia. Films and portions of the Bible have been produced in Balanta-Kentohe.
The "Kəntɔhɛ" dialect is spoken in the north, while the "Fora" dialect os spoken in the south.
Ethnologue lists alternative names as Alante, Balanda, Balant, Balanta, Balante, Ballante, Belante, Brassa, Bulanda, Frase, Fora, Kantohe (Kentohe, Queuthoe), Naga and Mane. The Naga, Mane and Kantohe dialects may be separate languages.
Balanta-Ganja.
Balanta-Ganja is spoken by 86,000 people (as of 2006) in the southwest corner of and the south of Senegal. Literacy is less than 1% for Balanta-Ganja. In September 2000, Balanta-Ganja was granted the status of a national language in Senegal, and as of then can now be taught in elementary school.
Ethnologue lists alternative names as Alante, Balanda, Balant, Balante, Ballante, Belante, Brassa, Bulanda, Fjaa, Fraase (Fraasɛ); dialects are Fganja (Ganja) and Fjaalib (Blip).
Grammar.
Balanta has case prefixes and suffixes alternatively interpreted as a definite article dependent on the noun class.
Phonology.
The following are the phonemes of the Balanta dialects.
Consonants.
Voiceless sounds [c k kp] are only heard in the Guinea Bissau dialect.
Writing.
In Senegal, Decree No. 2005-979 provides for an orthography of Balanta as follows: