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 S ...
spoken in
Senegal
Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. It borders Mauritania to Mauritania–Senegal border, the north, Mali to Mali–Senegal border, the east, Guinea t ...
in the Laa Region (
Lehar Region), north of
Thies Thies may refer to
* Thiès, a city in Senegal
**Université de Thiès in Senegal
**Olympique Thiès, a Senegalese football club
**Roman Catholic Diocese of Thiès
**Thiès Department
*Thiès Region in western Senegal
*Thies (name)
See also
*T ...
as well as the
Tambacounda
Tambacounda (; 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 population in 2023 was 149,071.
Geography
Tambacounda is situated on the sparsel ...
area. The speakers (the
Serer-Laalaa) are ethnically
Serers, however just like the
Ndut,
Palor,
Saafi and
Noon
Noon (also known as noontime or midday) is 12 o'clock in the daytime. It is written as 12 noon, 12:00 m. (for '' meridiem'', literally 12:00 midday), 12 p.m. (for ''post meridiem'', literally "after midday"), 12 pm, or 12:00 (using a 24-hour cl ...
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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