Atlantic-Congo · ISO 639-3 sef
Cebaara Senoufo Language Cebaara
Cebaara Senoufo is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken by about 1.2 million people in 2 countries. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Cebaara Senoufo is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Cebaara Senoufo
Language family
- Atlantic-Congo
- Volta-Congo
- North Volta-Congo
- Senufo
- Cebaara Senoufo
Writing system
Latin script
Related languages
About the Cebaara Senoufo language
Cebaara Senoufo (Cebaara) is spoken by about 1.2 million people, which makes it the 429th most spoken language in the world — just behind Rejang (1.2 million) and ahead of Surjapuri (1.2 million). It belongs to the Atlantic-Congo language family and, more precisely, to the Senufo group within the North Volta-Congo branch.
Where is Cebaara Senoufo spoken?
Cebaara Senoufo is used in 2 countries. The largest communities live in Côte d'Ivoire (1.3 million) and Mali (605,000).
Share of the population that speaks Cebaara Senoufo: Côte d'Ivoire 4.3% (1.3 million) and Mali 2.8% (605,000).
Cebaara Senoufo is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Cebaara Senoufo is written in the Latin script. It is a safe, widely transmitted language: children still learn it at home as their first language.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Tagwana Senoufo, Mossi, Sango, Dagbani, Southern Dagaare, Dagaari Dioula and 2 more.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 sef.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.