ISO 639-3 · srrsrr
Niger–Congo family
Serer
Seereer
Serer is a language of the Senegambian branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in The Gambia and Senegal. Wikidata counts about 1.2 m speakers. Wikidata describes it as “language spoken in Senegal and Gambia”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
srr- Glottocode
sere1260- Family
- Niger–Congo
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Wikipedia
- 33 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
2scripts
4levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Serer · Seereer |
|---|---|
| Also called | Serer-Sine, Serer language |
| All speakers | 1,200,000 |
| Written in | Arabic script, Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Niger–Congo to Serer
The branches above Serer, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken