Ndut

NDV

developing

Alternate Names: Ndoute

Dialects: None known. 32% intelligibility of Palor ,. Lexical similarity: 84% with Palor ,; 68% with Saafi-Saafi ,, Noon ,, and Lehar ,; 22% with Serer-Sine ,.

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Atlantic
Northern
Cangin

Demographics: 38,600 (2007).

Language Use: All domains. All ages. Positive attitudes. Also use French [fra], Laalaa [cae], Saafi-Saafi [sav], Wolof [wol].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 3%. Active cultural association involved in literacy and literature production. Radio programs. Bible portions: 2007.

Typology: SVO; nontonal.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Senegal

Other Comments: Often identified by themselves and the majority population as Serer, a widely used name for a cultural or linguistic group which includes the Serer-Sine language and the 5 Cangin languages. Muslim, Christian, traditional religion.