lingvo.wikisort.org - LanguageSafene (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 Thies Region.
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Safene |
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Native to | Senegal |
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Ethnicity | Saafi people |
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Native speakers | 200,000 (2012)[1] |
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Language family | |
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Writing system | Latin, Arabic[1] |
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ISO 639-3 | sav |
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Glottolog | saaf1238 |
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Person | Saafi |
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People | Saafici |
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Language | Saafi-Saafi |
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Country | Safene |
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Orthography
The Safen language is written in either the Arabic or the Latin script.[1] The official orthography uses a Latin alphabet with 23 consonants and 5 vowels.[3]
Alphabet |
A | B | Ɓ | C | D |
Ɗ | E | F | G | H |
I | J | K | L | M |
N | Ñ | Ŋ | O | P |
R | S | T | U | W |
Y | Ƴ | ’ |
a | b | ɓ | c | d |
ɗ | e | f | g | h |
i | j | k | l | m |
n | ñ | ŋ | o | p |
r | s | t | u | w |
y | ƴ | ’ |
Notes
- Safene at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- Wilson, William André Auquier. 2007. Guinea Languages of the Atlantic group: description and internal classification. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik, 12.) Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.
- "Décret n° 2005-989 du 21 octobre 2005" [Decree 2005-989 of 21 October 2005]. Journal officiel de la République du Sénégal (in French). Dakar. May 27, 2006.
Bibliography
- (in English) Walter Pichl, The Cangin Group - A Language Group in Northern Senegal, Pittsburgh, PA : Institute of African Affairs, Duquesne University, Coll. African Reprint Series, 1966, vol. 20
- (in French) Chérif Mbodj, Recherches sur la phonologie et la morphologie de la langue saafi. Le parler de Boukhou, Université de Nice, 1984
Serer topics |
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Peoples |
- Laalaa
- Ndut
- Niominka
- Noon
- Palor
- Saafi
- Seex
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Religion | Key topics |
- Ciiɗ
- Classical Ndut teachings
- Creation myth
- Criticism
- Festivals
- Jaaniiw
- Junjung
- Lamane
- Pangool
- Religion
- Sadax
- Saltigue
- Symbolism
- Women
- Xooy
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Supreme deities |
- Kokh Kox
- Koox
- Kopé Tiatie Cac
- Roog (main)
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Other deities |
- Kumba Njaay
- Takhar
- Tiurakh
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Sacred sites |
- Fatick
- Sine River
- Sine-Saloum
- Somb
- Point of Sangomar
- Tattaguine
- Tukar
- Yaboyabo
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History |
- Amar Godomat
- Cekeen Tumuli
- Khasso
- Kingdom of Baol
- Kingdom of Biffeche
- kingdom of Saloum
- Kingdom of Sine
- Serer prehistory
- Serer history
- States headed by Serer Lamanes
- Battle of Fandane-Thiouthioune
- Battle of Logandème
- Timeline of Serer history
- Western Sahara
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Demographics | By region |
- Gambia
- Mauritania
- Senegal
- Serer country
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Languages | |
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Culture |
- Birth
- Chere (or saay)
- Death
- Inheritance
- Marriage
- Mbalax
- Njuup
- Sabar
- Tama
- Tassu
- Njom
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Royalty | Kings (Maad) and Lamanes (ancient kings / landowners) |
- Lamane Jegan Joof
- Maad a Sinig Kumba Ndoffene Famak Joof
- Maad a Sinig Kumba Ndoffene Famak Joof
- Maad a Sinig Kumba Ndoffene Fa Ndeb Joof
- Maad a Sinig Mahecor Joof
- Maad a Sinig Maysa Wali Jaxateh Manneh
- Maad a Sinig Ama Joof Gnilane Faye Joof
- Maad Ndaah Njemeh Joof
- Maad Semou Njekeh Joof
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Queens & Queen Mothers |
- Lingeer Fatim Beye
- Lingeer Ndoye Demba
- Lingeer Ngoné Dièye
- Lingeer Selbeh Ndoffene Joof
- Serer maternal clans
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Dynasties and royal houses |
- Faye family
- Guelowar
- Joof family
- Joos Maternal Dynasty
- The Royal House of Boureh Gnilane Joof
- The Royal House of Jogo Siga Joof
- The Royal House of Semou Njekeh Joof
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Families and royal titles |
- Buumi
- Faye family
- Joof family
- Lamane
- Lingeer
- Loul
- Maad Saloum
- Maad a Sinig
- Njie family
- Sarr family
- Sene family
- Teigne
- Thilas
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Related people |
- Jola people
- Lebu people
- Toucouleur people
- Wolof people
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Languages of Senegal |
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Official language | |
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National languages | |
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Indigenous languages | |
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Immigrant languages | |
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Atlantic languages |
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Bak | |
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Senegambian | |
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Mel | |
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Rio Nunez | |
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Others | |
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На других языках
[de] Saafi
Saafi (auch bekannt als Serer-Safen oder Saafi-Saafi) ist eine westatlantische Sprache des Senegal und Gambias, die noch von über 100.000 Personen gesprochen wird.
- [en] Safen language
[fr] Saafi (langue)
Le saafi, aussi appelé saafi-saafi ou safen, est une langue parlée au Sénégal.
Comme le léhar, le noon, le ndut et le palor, elle fait partie des langues cangin, rattachées à la branche du nord des langues atlantiques, elles-mêmes sous-catégorie des langues nigéro-congolaises.
[ru] Сафен (язык)
Сафен — язык народа сафен. Относится к северной группе атлантических языков. Распространён в Сенегале (около 200 тыс. носителей)[1], преимущественно в области Тиес.
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