Seereer

E649604

Seereer is the endonym for the Serer language, a Niger-Congo language spoken primarily by the Serer people of Senegal, the Gambia, and Mauritania.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Seereer canonical 3
Seereer-Siin 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Niger-Congo language ⓘ
language ⓘ
associatedCulture Serer culture ⓘ
associatedReligion Serer religion ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Cangin languages ⓘ
countryWithLargestSpeakerPopulation Senegal ⓘ
endonymFor Serer language ⓘ
ethnicGroup Serer people ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Seereer-Siin ⓘ
linked to: Seereer

Serer ⓘ
Serer-Sine ⓘ
hasDialects Lehar ⓘ
Ndut ⓘ
Palor ⓘ
Saafi ⓘ
Seereer-Siin ⓘ
linked to: Seereer
hasGlottocode sere1260 ⓘ
hasISO639-2Code srr ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code srr ⓘ
hasLinguisticResearch descriptive grammars ⓘ
lexicographic studies ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature ATR vowel harmony ⓘ
tonal language ⓘ
hasStandardizationEfforts orthography development ⓘ
isMacrolanguageOf Cangin languages ⓘ
languageFamily Niger-Congo ⓘ
languageStatus regional language in Senegal ⓘ
linguisticBranch Senegambian languages ⓘ
primarySpeakers Serer people ⓘ
region West Africa ⓘ
spokenIn Mauritania ⓘ
Senegal ⓘ
The Gambia ⓘ
subfamily Atlantic-Congo ⓘ
usedFor everyday communication ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
religious practices ⓘ
usedInEducation non-formal education programs ⓘ
usedInMedia radio broadcasting ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Serer language → hasNativeName → Seereer ⓘ
Serer language → hasAlternativeName → Seereer-Siin ⓘ
linked to: Seereer
Serer → hasAlternativeName → Seereer ⓘ
Serer people → nativeName → Seereer ⓘ
Seereer → hasAlternativeName → Seereer-Siin ⓘ
linked to: Seereer
Seereer → hasDialects → Seereer-Siin ⓘ
linked to: Seereer