| Safene | |
|---|---|
| Saafi-Saafi | |
| Native to | Senegal |
| Ethnicity | Saafi people |
Native speakers | 200,000 (2012)[1] |
| Latin,Arabic[1] | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sav |
| Glottolog | saaf1238 |
| Person | Saafi |
|---|---|
| People | Saafici |
| Language | Saafi-Saafi |
| Country | Safene |
Safene (Saafen),Safi[2] orSaafi-Saafi, is the principalCangin language, spoken by 200,000 people inSenegal. Speakers are heavily concentrated in the area surroundingDakar, particularly in theThiès Region.
The Safen language is written in either theArabic or theLatin script.[1] The official orthography uses a Latin alphabet with 23 consonants and 5 vowels.[3]
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| A | B | Ɓ | C | D | Ɗ | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | Ñ | Ŋ | O | P | R | S | T | U | W | Y | Ƴ | ’ | |||||
| a | b | ɓ | c | d | ɗ | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | ñ | ŋ | o | p | r | s | t | u | w | y | ƴ | ’ | |||||
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