Seereer-Siin language

Seereer-Siin language

Infobox Language
name=Seereer-Siin
region=Senegal and the Gambia
speakers=1,183,120
familycolor=Niger-Congo
fam2=Atlantic-Congo
fam3=Atlantic
fam4=Northern
fam5=Senegambian
iso2=niv
iso3=srr

Seereer-Siin (many spelling variants) is a language of the Northern Atlantic branch of Niger-Congo spoken by 1,154,760 people in Senegal and 28,360 people in the Gambia.

Phonology

Vowels

Consonants

References

Bibliography

*cite book |last=Crétois |first=L. |year=1972 |title=Dictionnaire sereer-français (différents dialects) |location=Dakar |publisher=Centre de Linguistique Appliquée de Dakar fr icon
*cite book |last=Fal |first=A. |year=1980 |title=Les nominaux en sereer-siin: Parler de Jaxaaw |location=Dakar |publisher=Nouvelles Editions Africaines fr icon
*cite journal |last=McLaughlin |first=Fiona |year=1994 |title=Consonant mutation in Seereer-Siin |journal=Studies in African Languages |volume=23 |pages=279–313 en icon
*cite journal |last=McLaughlin |first=Fiona |year=2000 |title=Consonant mutation and reduplication in Seereer-Siin |journal=Phonology |volume=17 |pages=333–363 |doi=10.1017/S0952675701003955 en icon
*Harvard reference
last=Mc Laughlin
first=Fiona
year=2005
title=Voiceless implosives in Seereer-Siin
journal=Journal of the International Phonetic Association
volume=35
issue=2
pages=201–214
doi=10.1017/S0025100305002215
en icon
*cite journal |last=Senghor |first=L. S. |year=1994 |title=L'harmonie vocalique en sérère (dialecte du Dyéguème) |journal=Journal de la Société des Linguistes |volume=14 |pages=17–23 fr icon


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Wolof language — Wolof Spoken in  Senegal  Gambia …   Wikipedia

  • Serer people — ethnic group group=Serer caption=A Serer mother and children in a rural village in Siné Saloum, Senegal. While such places maintain traditional Serer culture, many Serer people now live in urban areas or in the diaspora. poptime=Over 1.18 million …   Wikipedia

  • The Gambia — Gambia redirects here. For the river, see Gambia River. Republic of The Gambia …   Wikipedia

  • Implosive consonant — Implosive consonants are stops (rarely affricates) with a mixed glottalic ingressive and pulmonic egressive airstream mechanism. Phonetics for communication disorders. Martin J. Ball and Nicole Müller. Routledge, 2005.] That is, the airstream is… …   Wikipedia

  • Traditional African religion — Main article: Religion in Africa An early 20th century Igbo medicine man in Nigeria, West Africa. The traditional religions indigenous to Africa have, for most of their existence, been orally rather than scripturally transmitted.[1] …   Wikipedia

  • Niominka — Total population 10000 Regions with significant populations  Senegal …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”