Lehar or Laalaa (in their language) is 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 ...
spoken in
Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤠(Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤠...
in the Laa (or Lehar) region, north of
Thies as well as the
Tambacounda
Tambacounda ( ar, تامباكوندا; Wolof: Tambaakundaa ) is the largest city in eastern Senegal, southeast of Dakar, and is the regional capital of the province of the same name. Its estimated population in 2007 was 78,800.
Geography
Tam ...
area. The speakers (the
Serer-Laalaa The Serer-Laalaa or Laalaa are part of the Serer ethnic group of Senegambia (Senegal and the Gambia). They live in Laa (var : Lâ), the Léhar Region, which comprises eighteen villages north of Thies and whose inhabitants are Serer-Laalaa. Alth ...
) are ethnically
Serers, however just like the
Ndut,
Palor,
Saafi and
Noon
Noon (or midday) is 12 o'clock in the daytime. It is written as 12 noon, 12:00 m. (for meridiem, literally 12:00 noon), 12 p.m. (for post meridiem, literally "after noon"), 12 pm, or 12:00 (using a 24-hour clock) or 1200 ( military time).
Sola ...
languages, they are closely related to each other than to the
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 Seereer
Forschungskolloquium '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 (Parler de Bargaro)'', Mémoire de Maîtrise, UCAD, Dakar, 2004–2005, 75 p.
* Papa Oumar Fall, ''Les pronoms laalaa'', Mémoire de DEA, UCAD, Dakar, 2006, 55 p.
* 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
References
External links
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Classification linguistique : parlers sereer ou « langues cangin »(Extrait de ''Contribution à la phonologie laalaa (Parler de Bargaro)'', Mémoire de Maîtrise de P. O. Fall _ Dakar, UCAD, 2004–2005, 75 p.)
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« L'évolution du système consonantique des langues cangin »(article de Ursula Drolc (Cologne), sur Afrikanistik Online)
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« Esquisses phonologiques du laalaa et palor »
Languages of Senegal
Cangin languages
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