| Noon | |
|---|---|
| Serer-Noon | |
| Native to | Senegal |
| Region | Thiès |
| Ethnicity | Serer-Noon |
Native speakers | 33,000 (2007)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
| |
| Official status | |
Official language in |  Senegal |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | snf |
| Glottolog | noon1242 |
| ELP | Noon |
Noon (Non, None, Serer-Noon, Serer-Non) is a Cangin language of Senegal spoken in the Thiès region (14°47′N 16°55′W / 14.783°N 16.917°W). There is an estimated population of 10,000[2]- 50,000[3] speakers worldwide, rendering this language to be vulnerable.[4] Ethnologue reports that it is 84% cognate (and 68% intelligible) with Lehar, essentially a divergent dialect, and 68% cognate with the other Cangin languages.[1]
The Noon people identify themselves ethnically as Serer. However, their language, often called Serer-Noon on the assumption that it is a Serer dialect, is not closely related to the principal language of the Serer population, Serer-Sine.
- ^ a b Noon at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ "UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in danger". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
- ^ "A survey of language death in Africa". www.msu.edu. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
- ^ "Did you know Noon is vulnerable?". Endangered Languages. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
