Safen language

Person	Saafi
People	Saafici
Language	Saafi-Saafi
Country	Safene

Safene
Safene
Saafi-Saafi
Native to	Senegal
Ethnicity	Saafi people
Native speakers	200,000 (2012)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Senegambian Cangin Safene; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin, Arabic
Language codes
ISO 639-3	sav
Glottolog	saaf1238

Safene (Saafen), Safi^[2] or Saafi-Saafi, is the principal Cangin language, spoken by 200,000 people in Senegal. Speakers are heavily concentrated in the area surrounding Dakar, particularly in the Thies Region.

^ ^a ^b Safene at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Wilson, William André Auquier. 2007. Guinea Languages of the Atlantic group: description and internal classification. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik, 12.) Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.

[e18-1] Safene at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[Wilson-2] Wilson, William André Auquier. 2007. Guinea Languages of the Atlantic group: description and internal classification. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik, 12.) Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.

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Safene
Saafi-Saafi
Native to	Senegal
Ethnicity	Saafi people
Native speakers	200,000 (2012)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Senegambian Cangin Safene
Writing system	Latin, Arabic^[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`sav`
Glottolog	`saaf1238`