Ndut

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A language of Senegal

ISO 639-3
ndv
Alternate Names
Ndoute
Autonym
Ndút
User Population

52,000 (2017).

Location

Thiès region: between Thiès town and Atlantic coast.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

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

None known. 32% intelligibility of Paloor [fap]. Lexical similarity: 84% with Paloor [fap]; 68% with Saafi-Saafi [sav], Noon [snf], and Lehar [cae]; 22% with Serer-Sine [srr].

Typology

SVO; nontonal.

Language Use

All domains. Used by all. Positive attitudes. Most also use French [fra], as the language of education and government (Diouf et al 2017). Most also use Wolof [wol], as the language of commerce and interethnic communication (Sarr and Thiaw 2012). Also use Laalaa [cae]. Also use Saafi-Saafi [sav].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 3%. Active cultural association involved in literacy and literature production. Radio. NT: 2020.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Ndut
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

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