Paloor

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A language of Senegal

ISO 639-3
fap
Alternate Names
Falor, Palar, Palor, Serer, Siili, Siili-Mantine, Siili-Siili, Waro
Autonym
Paloor
Population

12,000 (2015 J. Leclerc), decreasing.

Location

Thiès region: northwest of Thiès town.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

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

Kajor, Ba’ol. 55% intelligibility of Ndut [ndv], 27% of Saafi-Saafi [sav]. Lexical similarity: 84% with Ndut [ndv], 74% with Saafi-Saafi [sav], 68% with Noon [snf] and Lehar [cae], 22% with Serer-Sine [srr].

Typology

SVO; nontonal.

Language Use

Home. Some of all ages. Neutral attitudes. Also use French [fra], Saafi-Saafi [sav], Wolof [wol]. Used as L2 by Saafi-Saafi [sav].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 30% in French [fra], 10% in Wolof [wol].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Paloor
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

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

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