Safen language
| Safene | |
|---|---|
| Saafi-Saafi | |
| Native to | Senegal |
| Ethnicity | Saafi people |
Native speakers | 200,000 (2012)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sav |
| Glottolog | saaf1238 |
| Person | Saafi |
|---|---|
| People | Saafici |
| Language | Saafi-Saafi |
| Country | Safene |
Safene (Saafen), or Saafi-Saafi, is the principal Cangin language, spoken by 200,000 people in Senegal. Speakers are heavily concentrated in the area surrounding Dakar, particularly in the Thies Region.
Notes
- ^ Safene at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Bibliography
- Template:En icon Walter Pichl, The Cangin Group - A Language Group in Northern Senegal, Pittsburg, PA : Institute of African Affairs, Duquesne University, Coll. African Reprint Series, 1966, vol. 20
- Template:Fr icon Chérif Mbodj, Recherches sur la phonologie et la morphologie de la langue saafi. Le parler de Boukhou, Université de Nice, 1984
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