Saafi
| Saafi ( Saafi-Saafi ) | ||
|---|---|---|
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Spoken in |
Senegal , Gambia | |
| speaker | 114,000 (2007) | |
| Linguistic classification |
Niger-Congo |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-3 |
sav |
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Saafi (also known as Serer-Safen or Saafi-Saafi ) is a West Atlantic language of Senegal and Gambia that is still spoken by over 100,000 people.
It is the most widely spoken of the Cangin languages . The speakers are more concentrated in the surrounding areas of Dakar , especially in the Thiès region .
literature
- Walter Pichl, The Cangin Group - A Language Group in Northern Senegal , Pittsburg, PA: Institute of African Affairs, Duquesne University, Coll. African Reprint Series, 1966, vol. 20th
- Chérif Mbodj, Recherches sur la phonologie et la morphologie de la langue saafi. Le parler de Boukhou , Université de Nice, 1984