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* [[Safen language|Safen]], or ''Saafi-Saafi'', the language of the [[Serer-Safene]]. Spoken inland from the Petite Côte, an area southeast of Dakar. The largest Cangin language, with over 100,000 speakers and growing (2007). |
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|1= [[Lehar language|Lehar]] (Laalaa), the language of the [[Serer-Laalaa]] (or Serer-Lehar), spoken in a small area north of [[Thies]]. |
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|2= [[Ndut language|Ndut]], the language of the [[Serer-Ndut]], spoken in the Mont-Roland, an area northwest of [[Thies]] and in the [[Biffeche|Kingdom of Biffeche]] on the [[Senegal River]]. |
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Lehar and Noon are particularly close, as are Ndut and Palor, though not quite to the point of easy intelligibility. Safen is transparently closer to Lehar–Noon. |
Lehar and Noon are particularly close, as are Ndut and Palor, though not quite to the point of easy intelligibility. Safen is transparently closer to Lehar–Noon than to Palor–Ndut. |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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Geographic distribution | Senegal, the Gambia |
Linguistic classification | Niger–Congo? |
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The Cangin languages [ˈtʃaŋin] are spoken by 200,000 people (as of 2007) in a small area east of Dakar. They are the languages spoken by the Serer people who do not speak the Serer language (Serer-Sine). Because the people are ethnically Serer, the Cangin languages are commonly thought to be dialects of the Serer language. However, they are not closely related; Serer is closer to Fulani than it is to Cangin.
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Lehar and Noon are particularly close, as are Ndut and Palor, though not quite to the point of easy intelligibility. Safen is transparently closer to Lehar–Noon than to Palor–Ndut.
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References
- Walter Pichl, The Cangin Group: A Language Group in Northern Senegal, Pittsburg, PA : Institute of African Affairs, Duquesne University, Coll. African Reprint Series, 1966, vol. 20
- Guillaume Serere & Florian Lionnet 2010. "'Isolates' in 'Atlantic'". Language Isolates in Africa workshop, Lyon, Dec. 4