Bandial
[aka Banjaal, Banjal,]Classification: Niger-Congo
·threatened
Gújjolaay Eegimaa (Eegimaa henceforth) has a noun class system whereby prefixes combine with noun stems to simultaneously mark class membership and number. The language distinguishes fifteen noun classes of which 12 are involved in singular-plural pairings. For example, the noun class prefixes a- and u- in (1) below, indicate membership to the singular classes 1 for humans and its plural correspondent class 2 respectively.