Ndut | Ethnologue

A language of Senegal

ISO 639: ndv
Alternate Names: Ndoute
Autonym: Ndút
Population: 52,000 (2017).
Location:: Thiès region: between Thiès town and Atlantic coast.
Language Status: 5 (Developing).
Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Atlantic, Northern, Cangin
Dialects: None known. 32% intelligibility of Paloor [fap]. Lexical similarity: 84% with Paloor [fap]; 68% with Saafi-Saafi [sav], Noon [snf], and Lehar [cae]; 22% with Serer-Sine [srr].
Typology: SVO; nontonal.
Language Use: All domains. Used by all. Positive attitudes. Most also use French [fra], as the language of education and government (Diouf et al 2017). Most also use Wolof [wol], as the language of commerce and interethnic communication (Sarr and Thiaw 2012). Also use Laalaa [cae]. Also use Saafi-Saafi [sav].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 3%. Active cultural association involved in literacy and literature production. Radio. NT: 2020.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Ndut
Writing: Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments: Often identified by themselves and the majority population as Serer, a widely used name for a cultural or linguistic group which includes the Serer-Sine language and the 5 Cangin languages. Muslim, Christian, traditional religion.

Location: Thiès region: between Thiès town and Atlantic coast.