also other languages related to Eegimaa. They are located north of the Casamance River in the Jóola Búluf area. There are also small migrant Eegimaa communities in villages like Djifanghor (east of Ziguinchor) and in Bourofaye (south of Ziguinchor), where they cohabit with speakers of Baïnounk languages. Nowadays most Eegimaa speakers from Mof-Ávvi live outside their homeland, generally in urban areas like Ziguinchor and Dakar. Speakers of Eegimaa use the term Gújjolaay (meaning Jóola) to refer to their language when they speak to each other, but Eegimaa to distinguish their Jóola variety from that of other Jóola peoples. Eegimaa is an endangered language whose transmission to new generations has been declining significantly in the last decades. It is important to understand the contact situation of Eegimaa, because some