Saafi-Saafi language

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The Saafi-Saafi language is a Niger-Congo language spoken by the Saafi people of Senegal, closely associated with the Serer linguistic and cultural group.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Atlantic-Congo language
Cangin language
Niger-Congo language
language
alternativeName Saafi NERFINISHED
Saafi-Saafi Safen NERFINISHED
Safen NERFINISHED
Safi
associatedCulturalPractice Saafi oral poetry
Saafi ritual ceremonies
associatedReligion Serer religion
belongsTo Cangin subgroup of Atlantic languages
closelyRelatedTo Lehar language NERFINISHED
Ndut language NERFINISHED
Noon language NERFINISHED
Palor language NERFINISHED
continent Africa
country Senegal NERFINISHED
culturalGroupAssociated Serer cultural group
ethnicGroupAssociated Saafi people NERFINISHED
Serer people NERFINISHED
glottocode saaf1238
glottologName Saafi-Saafi NERFINISHED
hasFeature consonant mutation
noun class system
rich verbal morphology
hasSpeakerCommunity Saafi villages in Thiès Region
hasTypology SVO basic word order
tonal language
iso639-3Code sav
languageFamily Atlantic-Congo languages NERFINISHED
Niger-Congo languages NERFINISHED
languageSubfamily Cangin languages NERFINISHED
linguisticGroupAssociated Serer languages NERFINISHED
neighboringLanguage French language NERFINISHED
Serer-Sine language NERFINISHED
Wolof language NERFINISHED
notMutuallyIntelligibleWith Serer-Sine language NERFINISHED
Wolof language NERFINISHED
primaryArea western Senegal
region Thiès Region NERFINISHED
spokenBy Saafi people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Senegal NERFINISHED
status local language of Senegal
minority language
usedBy rural communities in Senegal
usedFor everyday communication
oral tradition
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Serer language closelyRelatedTo Saafi-Saafi language