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 : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤠...
. 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).
Sola ...
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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