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Laalaa

A language of Senegal

ISO 639-3: cae

Population	12,000 (2007).
Region	West central, north of Thies, Pambal area, Mbaraglov, Dougnan; Tambacounda area.
Language map	Senegal and the Gambia, reference number 17
Alternate names	Lala, Serer
Dialects	52% intelligibility with Noon [snf]. Lexical similarity: 84% with Noon, 74% with Saafi-Saafi [sav], 68% with Ndut [ndv] and Palor [fap], 22% with Serer-Sine [srr].
Classification	Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Atlantic, Northern, Cangin
Language use	National language. All domains. All ages. Positive attitude. Some also use Wolof [wol], Noon [snf], Ndut, or French.
Language development	Literacy rate in L2: 60% French; 35% Wolof.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Laalaa speakers are often identified by themselves and by the majority population as Serer, which is a widely used name for a cultural/linguistic group which includes the Serer-Sine language and the 5 Cangin languages. SVO; nontonal. Peasant agriculturalists. Muslim, traditional religion, Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Vernacular Publications

Bërëlóol. 2010.  

MANUEL POUR LIRE ET ECRIRE LE LAALAA. 2012.  

Pabea pooken. 2010.