Palor (Falor, Paloor) is a language spoken in
Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤠(Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤠ðž ...
. The speakers of this language - the
Palor people
The Palors also known as Serer-Palor, (or Waro in their own language) among other names, are an ethnic group found in Senegal around the west central, west southwest of Thiès. They are a sub-group of the Serer ethnic group found in Senegal, the ...
or Serer-Palor, are ethnically
Serers but they do not speak the
Serer-Sine language. Like the
Lehar,
Saafi,
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).
Solar ...
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).
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References
Bibliography
* Walter Pichl, ''The Cangin Group - A Language Group in Northern Senegal'', Pittsburg, Pennsylvanie, Institute of African Affairs, Duquesne University, Coll. African Reprint Series, 1966, vol. 20
* Paula D’Alton, ''Le Palor. Esquisse phonologique et grammatical d’une langue cangin du Sénégal'', Paris, 1987
External links
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"L'évolution du système consonantique des langues cangin"
Languages of Senegal
Cangin languages
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