Serer language
Niger–Congo language spoken in Senegal and Gambia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Serer, often broken into differing regional dialects such as Serer-Sine and Serer saloum, is a language of the Senegambian branch of the Niger–Congo family spoken by 1.2 million people in Senegal and 30,000 in the Gambia as of 2009.[2] It is the principal language of the Serer people, and was the language of the early modern kingdoms of Sine, Saloum, and Baol.
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Serer | |
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Seereer سࣹيرࣹيرْ | |
Native to | Senegal, Gambia, Mauritania |
Ethnicity | Serer |
Native speakers | 1.9 million (2021–2022)[1] |
Standard forms |
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Arabic Latin | |
Official status | |
Regulated by | CLAD (Centre de linguistique appliquée de Dakar) |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-2 | srr |
ISO 639-3 | srr |
Glottolog | sere1260 |
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