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Languages Of Senegal
Senegal is a multilingual country: '' Ethnologue'' lists 36 languages, Wolof being the most widely spoken language. French, which was inherited from the colonial era, is the official language of Senegal. It is used by the administration and understood by about 15–20% of all men and about 1–2% of all women. Senegal is a member State of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie. A Senegalese, Abdou Diouf, held the position of its Executive Secretary between 2003 and 2014. Several of the Senegalese languages have the status of "national languages": Balanta-Ganja, Arabic, Jola-Fonyi, Mandinka, Mandjak, Mankanya, Noon (Serer-Noon), Pulaar, Serer, Soninke, and Wolof. In terms of usage, Wolof is the lingua franca and the most widely spoken language in Senegal, as a first or second language (80%). Mande languages spoken include Soninke, and Mandinka. Jola (Diola) is a main language in the Casamance region. The Guinea Creole dialect, based on Portuguese is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnam-Goly
Agnam-Goly is a Sahelian village in north-eastern Senegal with a population of inhabitants. The village is located in the Matam Department of Matam Region, approximately to the northeast of Dakar, on the bank of the Sénégal River, Senegal River. History Founding Agnam-Goly was founded by the Thioye family well before the year 1529. The Thioye began to inhabit caves in the ''dieri'' to the south of the village, over 12 meters (40 feet) above the ground. These caves, protected from the elements by large rocks, can still be visited today. The early inhabitants of Agnam-Goly left behind a mosque surrounded by a stone wall before moving north to the ''walo'', which is the site used by the village today for agriculture and fishing. At first, the village consisted of a single hearth surrounded by huts, each of which housed one family. This arrangement served to strengthen family ties and encourage wikt:solidarity, solidarity between neighbors. These early structures, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bassari Language
Basari, or Oniyan (Onian, Onëyan, Ayan, Biyan, Wo), is a Senegambian language of Senegal and Guinea spoken by the Bassari people. Writing system This is the writing system of Senegal: * ĥ, ŵ, ŷ, or h̃, w̃, ỹ are the consonants h, w, y nasalised. * When vowels e and o are open, they have the acute accent: é, ó. This is the writing system of Guinea, which uses the Guinean languages alphabet Following independence, the government of Guinea adopted rules of transcription for the languages of Guinea based on the characters and diacritic combinations available on typewriters of that period. This alphabet was used officially until 1989. Gu ...: References External links Decree No. 2005-987 of 21 October 2005 relating to the spelling and the separation of words in Oniyanvia the website of the Senegalese ''Journal officiel'' Fula–Tenda languages Languages of Guinea Languages of Senegal {{Guinea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palor Language
Palor (Falor, Paloor) is a language spoken in Senegal. The speakers of this language - the Palor people or Serer-Palor, are ethnically Serers but they do not speak the Serer-Sine language. Like the Lehar, Saafi, Noon and Ndut languages, their language is classified as one of the Cangin languages The Cangin languages are spoken by 200,000 people (as of 2007) in a small area east of Dakar, Senegal. They are the languages spoken by the Serer people who do not speak the Serer language (''Serer-Sine''). Because the people are ethnically Ser ... attached to the Niger–Congo family. Palor is closer to Ndut. Other names ''Sili''Wilson, William André Auquier. 2007. ''Guinea Languages of the Atlantic group: description and internal classification''. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik, 12.) Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang. or ''Sili-Sili'' (the name for their language) and ''Waro'' (the name for themselves). References Bibliography * Walter Pichl, ''The Cangin Group - A Language Group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ndut Language
Ndut (''Ndoute'') is a Cangin language of Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤠(Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤠ðž .... ''Ethnologue'' reports that it is 84% cognate (and 55% intelligible) with Palor, essentially a divergent dialect, and 68% cognate with the other Cangin languages. References Languages of Senegal Cangin languages {{Senegal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maninka Language
Maninka (also known as Malinke), or more precisely Eastern Maninka, is the name of several closely related languages and dialects of the southeastern Manding subgroup of the Mande language family. It is the mother tongue of the Malinké people in Guinea, where it is spoken by 3,300,000 people and is the main language in the Upper Guinea region, and in Mali, where the closely related Bambara is a national language, as well as in Liberia, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast, where it has no official status. It was the language of court and government during the Mali Empire. Phonology The Wudala dialect of Eastern Maninka, spoken in the central highlands of Guinea and comprehensible to speakers of all dialects in that country, has the following phonemic inventory.Mamadou Camara (1999) ''Parlons Malinké'' (Apart from tone, which is not written, sounds are given in orthography, as IPA values are not certain.) Tones There are two moraic tones, high and low, which in combinatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laalaa Language
Lehar or Laalaa (in their language) is one of the Cangin languages spoken in Senegal in the Laa (or Lehar) region, north of Thiès, Thies as well as the Tambacounda area. The speakers (the Serer-Laalaa) are ethnically Serer people, Serers, however just like the Ndut language, Ndut, Palor language, Palor, Saafi language, Saafi and Noon language, Noon languages, they are closely related to each other than to the Serer language, Serer-Sine language. The Lehar language which is closer to Noon, is part of the Niger–Congo family. The number of speakers based on 2002 figures were 10,925. Bibliography * Papa Oumar Fall "The problematic classification of SeereerForschungskolloquium 'International Forschen' am 20. November 2010* Papa Oumar Fall "Nominal classification and pronominal system in Laalaa* Papa Oumar Fall "Language classification: Seereer dialects or langues cangin ''African Linguistics Congress WOCAL6'', Cologne 2009. * Papa Oumar Fall, ''Contribution à la phonologie laalaa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kobiana Language
Kobiana (Cobiana) or Buy (Uboi) is a Senegambian language spoken in several villages of Senegal and Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘ðž¤ðž¤²ðž¤« 𞤄ðž¤ðž¤§ðž¤¢ðž¥„𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( pt, República da Guiné-Bissau, links=no ) .... The language is referred to as ''gu-boy'' by its speakers. Speakers are shifting to Mandinka.Wilson, William André Auquier. 2007. ''Guinea Languages of the Atlantic group: description and internal classification''. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik, 12.) Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang. References Senegambian languages Languages of Senegal Languages of Guinea-Bissau {{GuineaBissau-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kassonke Language
The Kassonke (Khassonké) language, ''Xaasongaxango (Xasonga)'', or Western Maninka (Malinke), is a Manding language spoken by the Khassonké and Malinke of western Mali and by the Malinke of eastern Senegal. Kassonke is a national language in Mali. Western and Eastern Maninka are 90% mutually intelligible, though distinct from the Mandinka (Malinke) of southern Senegal, which is a national language there. See also * Bafoulabé *Kayes Kayes ( Bambara: ߞߊߦߌ tr. ''Kayi'', Soninké: ''Xaayi'') is a city in western Mali on the Sénégal River with a population of 127,368 at the 2009 census. Kayes is the capital of the administrative region of the same name. The name "Kayes ... References *Koite-Herschel, Ute. 1981. La translation du constituent verbal: le cas du xasonga. Mandenkan 2 (Automne 1981):3–16. *Sullivan, Terrence D.. 2004. "A preliminary report of existing information on the Manding languages of West Africa: summary and suggestions for future research." S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kasa Language
Kasa, or ''Jóola-Kaasa'' (also ''Bacuki, Casa,'' etc.) is a Jola language of the Casamance region of Senegal and neighboring Gambia. Dialects are ''Ayun, Bliss (Niomoun), Esulalu (Oussouye), Fluvial, Huluf, Selek.'' In Oussouye Oussouye (or Husuy in Kasa language, JolaWilson, William André Auquier. 2007. ''Guinea Languages of the Atlantic group: description and internal classification''. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik, 12.) Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.) is an urban commu ... (Husuy) dialect, a person is referred to as ''a-luf''.Wilson, William André Auquier. 2007. ''Guinea Languages of the Atlantic group: description and internal classification''. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik, 12.) Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang. References Languages of Senegal Jola languages {{Atlantic-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karon Language
The Karon or KalɔɔnWilson, William André Auquier. 2007. ''Guinea Languages of the Atlantic group: description and internal classification''. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik, 12.) Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang. language is an endangered language of Senegal and Gambia. It belongs to the Bak branch of the Niger–Congo language family, and is particularly closely related to the Mlomp language. Karon is spoken in a coastal area north of the mouth of the Casamance River The Casamance River () flows westward for the most part into the Atlantic Ocean along a path about in length. However, only are navigable. The Casamance is the principal river of the Kolda, Sédhiou, and Ziguinchor Regions in the southern port .... A person is called ''alɔɔn'' in the language, and speakers refer to their own language as ''kägup kɔlɔɔnay''. Phonology Consonants Vowels Advanced tongue root is marked with an acute accent /á/. References External links Karon entry in the UNESCO ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jola-Felupe Language
Jola-Felupe (Feloup, Felup, Felupe, Floup, Flup, Fulup) or Ejamat (Ediamat) is a Jola language of the Casamance region of Senegal and neighboring Guinea-Bissau, including around Calequisse (Kaləkis), on the western edge of the Manjak area south of the Cacheu River The Cacheu is a river of Guinea-Bissau also known as the Farim along its upper course. Its total length is about 257 km. One of its major tributaries is the Canjambari River. Course Its headwaters are near the northern border of the country, .... A person is called ''ɸuluɸ'' or ''ajamuʂay'' by speakers of the dialect, and the language is called either ''ɛlɔp eluɸay'' or ''ɛlɔp ɛjamuʂay'' (or ''Ejamatay'' in Husuy).Wilson, William André Auquier. 2007. ''Guinea Languages of the Atlantic group: description and internal classification''. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik, 12.) Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang. Kerak (Keerak, Keeraku; also Her) appears to be a dialect, though ''Ethnologue'' assigns it a separate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gusilay Language
Gusilay (Gusiilay, Gusilaay, Kusiilaay, Kusilay) is a Jola language of the Casamance , settlement_type = Geographical region , image_skyline = Senegal Casamance.png , image_caption = Casamance in Senegal , image_flag = Flag of Casamance.svg , image_shield = , motto ... region of Senegal. References Languages of Senegal Jola languages {{Atlantic-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
