Serer language

Serer
Seereer سࣹيرࣹيرْ‎
Native toSenegal, Gambia, Mauritania
EthnicitySerer
Native speakers
1.9 million (2021–2022)[1]
Standard forms
  • Seereer-Siin
Arabic
Latin
Official status
Regulated byCLAD (Centre de linguistique appliquée de Dakar)
Language codes
ISO 639-2srr
ISO 639-3srr
Glottologsere1260
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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.

  1. ^ Serer at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Lewis, M. Paul (ed.), 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International, Ethnologue.com. Figures for (2006) The Gambia only.