Ndut

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A language of Senegal

ISO 639-3
ndv
Alternate Names
Ndoute
Population

38,600 (2007).

Location

West central, northwest of Thiès.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Atlantic, Northern, Cangin
Dialects

32% intelligibility of Palor [fap]. Lexical similarity: 84% with Palor [fap]; 68% with Saafi-Saafi [sav], Noon [snf], and Lehar [cae]; 22% with Serer-Sine [srr].

Typology

SVO; nontonal

Language Use

All domains. All ages. Positive attitudes. Many also use Wolof [wol]; some also Laalaa [cae], Saafi-Saafi [sav], or French [fra].

Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 3%. Active cultural association involved in literacy and literature production. Radio programs. Bible portions: 2007.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Ndut
Writing
Latin script.
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.