Noon language
Cangin language spoken in Senegal / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Noon (Non, None, Serer-Noon, Serer-Non) is a Cangin language of Senegal spoken in the Thiès region (14°47'0"N / 16°55'0"W). There is an estimated population of 10,000[2]- 50,000[3] speakers worldwide, rendering this language to be vulnerable.[4] Ethnologue reports that it is 84% cognate (and 68% intelligible) with Lehar, essentially a divergent dialect, and 68% cognate with the other Cangin languages.[1]
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Serer-Noon | |
Native to | Senegal |
Region | Thiès |
Ethnicity | Serer-Noon |
Native speakers | 33,000 (2007)[1] |
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Official language in | Senegal |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | snf |
Glottolog | noon1242 |
ELP | Noon |
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The Noon people identify themselves ethnically as Serer. However, their language, often called Serer-Noon on the assumption that it is a Serer dialect, is not closely related to the principal language of the Serer population, Serer-Sine.