Safen language

Safene
Saafi-Saafi
Native toSenegal
EthnicitySaafi people
Native speakers
200,000 (2012)[1]
Latin, Arabic[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3sav
Glottologsaaf1238
PersonSaafi
PeopleSaafici
LanguageSaafi-Saafi
CountrySafene

Safene (Saafen), Safi[2] or Saafi-Saafi, is the principal Cangin language, spoken by 200,000 people in Senegal. Speakers are heavily concentrated in the area surrounding Dakar, particularly in the Thiès Region.

  1. ^ a b Safene at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Wilson, William André Auquier. 2007. Guinea Languages of the Atlantic group: description and internal classification. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik, 12.) Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.