Serer language

Serer
Serer
Seereer سࣹيرࣹيرْ‎
Native to	Senegal, Gambia, Mauritania
Ethnicity	Serer
Native speakers	1.9 million (2021–2022)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo West Atlantic Senegambian Serer; ; ; ;
Standard forms	Seereer-Siin;
Writing system	Arabic ; Latin
Official status
Regulated by	CLAD (Centre de linguistique appliquée de Dakar)
Language codes
ISO 639-2	srr
ISO 639-3	srr
Glottolog	sere1260
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Serer, often broken into differing regional dialects such as Serer-Sine and Serer saloum, is a language of the Senegambian branch of the Niger–Congo family spoken by 1.2 million people in Senegal and 30,000 in the Gambia as of 2009.^[2] It is the principal language of the Serer people, and was the language of the early modern kingdoms of Sine, Saloum, and Baol.

^ Serer at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
^ Lewis, M. Paul (ed.), 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International, Ethnologue.com. Figures for (2006) The Gambia only.

[e27-1] Serer at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)

[2] Lewis, M. Paul (ed.), 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International, Ethnologue.com. Figures for (2006) The Gambia only.

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Serer
Seereer سࣹيرࣹيرْ‎
Native to	Senegal, Gambia, Mauritania
Ethnicity	Serer
Native speakers	1.9 million (2021–2022)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo West Atlantic Senegambian Serer
Standard forms	Seereer-Siin
Writing system	Arabic Latin
Official status
Regulated by	CLAD (Centre de linguistique appliquée de Dakar)
Language codes
ISO 639-2	`srr`
ISO 639-3	`srr`
Glottolog	`sere1260`
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