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Ndut

A language of Senegal

ISO 639-3: ndv

Population	38,600 (2007).
Region	West central, northwest of Thiès.
Language map	Senegal and the Gambia, reference number 22
Alternate names	Ndoute
Dialects	32% intelligibility with Palor [fap]. Lexical similarity: 84% with Palor, 68% with Saafi-Saafi [sav], Noon [snf], and Lehar [cae], 22% with Serer-Sine [srr].
Classification	Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Atlantic, Northern, Cangin
Language use	Some also use Wolof [wol], Laalaa [cae], Saafi-Saafi [sav], or French.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 3%. Radio programs. Bible portions: 2007.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	‘Ndut’ is their name for themselves. SVO; nontonal. Peasant agriculturalists. Muslim, Christian, traditional religion.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

MORGAN, Daniel Ray, author. 1996. Overview of grammatical structures of Ndut: a Cangin language of Senegal.

MORGAN, Daniel, author. 1996. Overview of grammatical structures of Ndut: A Cangin language of Senegal.  

Vernacular Publications

Ɓaabi malaya. 1999.

Iña na posonuu meeyya ra: ɗee na légéyúu wë rë. 2004.

Manuel pour lire et ecrire le Ndút: guide du moniteur. 2000.

Yih daa SIDAA?. 2004.