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Serer language

NameSerer
NativenameSeereer
StatesSenegal Gambia
Mauritania
RegionWest Africa
Speakers1,200,000 (native)
FamilycolorNiger-Congo
Fam2Atlantic � Congo
Fam3Northern Atlantic
Fam4Fula � Serer
AgencyCLAD (Centre de linguistique appliquée de Dakar)
Stand1Seereer-Siin
Iso3srr
NoticeIPA

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Serer, sometimes called Serer-Sine "Serer proper" (Seereer-Siin, etc.) after its prestige dialect, is a language of the Northern Atlantic branch of Niger � Congo spoken by 1.2 million people in Senegal and 30,000 in The Gambia. It is the principal language of the Serer people.


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