Palor
A language of Senegal
| Population | 10,700 (2007), decreasing. |
| Region | West central, west southwest of Thiès. |
| Language map |
Senegal and the Gambia, reference number 25 |
| Alternate names | Falor, Palar, Serer, Siili, Siili-Mantine, Siili-Siili, Waro |
| Dialects | Kajor, Ba’ol. 55% intelligibility with Ndut [ndv], 27% with Saafi-Saafi [sav]. Lexical similarity: 84% with Ndut, 74% with Saafi-Saafi, 68% with Noon [snf] and Lehar [cae], 22% with Serer-Sine [srr]. |
| Classification | Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Atlantic, Northern, Cangin |
| Language use | Home. All ages. Neutral attitude. Also use Saafi-Saafi, Wolof [wol], or French. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 30% French; Wolof 10%. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | Often identified by themselves and the majority population as Serer or Siili. Siili is the Palor word for Serer, a widely used name for a cultural or linguistic group which includes the Serer-Sine language and the 5 Cangin languages. SVO; nontonal. Peasant agriculturalists. Muslim, traditional religion. |
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