SRR ISO 639-3
Serer-Sine
Seereer Autonym
A language of Senegal
- ISO 639
- srr
- Alternate Names
- Seex, Sereer, Serer, Serer-Sin, Serrer, Sine-Saloum, Sine-Sine, Sérère-Sine
- Autonym
- Seereer
- Population
- 1,660,000 in Senegal (2017). Total users in all countries: 1,712,300.
- Location:
- Diourbel, Fatick, Kaffrine, Kaolack, and Thiès regions: Saloum and Sine river valleys; Saint-Louis region: some south of Senegal river, Thile-Boubacar area.
- Language Status
- 5 (Developing). Recognized language (2001, Constitution, Article 1).
- Classification
- Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Atlantic, Northern, Senegambian, Serer
- Dialects
- Segum, Fadyut-Palmerin, Sine, Dyegueme (Gyegem), Niominka. Niominka and Serere-Sine dialects are mutually inherently intelligible.
- Language Use
- Used by all. 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). Used as L2 by Saafi-Saafi [sav].
- Language Development
- Bible: 2008.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Serer-Sine
- Writing
- Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab]. Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Traditional religion, Christian, Muslim.
Also Spoken in
- Location
- North Bank division: northwest.
- Dialects
- Segum, Fadyut-Palmerin, Sine, Dyegueme (Gyegem).
- Language Status
- 6a (Vigorous)
- Other Comments
- Traditional religion, Christian, Muslim. View other languages of Gambia
Language Name
Serer-Sine
User Population
52,300 in Gambia (2018).
Map
Location: Diourbel, Fatick, Kaffrine, Kaolack, and Thiès regions: Saloum and Sine river valleys; Saint-Louis region: some south of Senegal river, Thile-Boubacar area.
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