Atlantic-Congo · ISO 639-3 srr
Serer Language Seereer
Serer is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken by about 1.7 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Serer is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Serer
Language family
- Atlantic-Congo
- North-Central Atlantic
- Fula-Sereer
- Serer
Writing system
Latin script
Related languages
About the Serer language
Serer (Seereer) is spoken by about 1.7 million people, which makes it the 346th most spoken language in the world — just behind Nimadi (1.7 million) and ahead of Timne (1.7 million). It belongs to the Atlantic-Congo language family and, more precisely, to the Fula-Sereer group within the Fula-Sereer branch.
Where is Serer spoken?
Serer is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Senegal (2.1 million).
Serer is not a national official language anywhere. It also has regional official status in Senegal.
Writing system and status
Serer 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 Nigerian Fulfulde, Pulaar, Pular, Central-Eastern Niger Fulfulde and Maasina Fulfulde.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 srr.
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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.