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Noon

Noon is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Senegal. Glottolog rates it threatened.

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Noon · 14.8°N 16.9°W

Noon (Non, None, Serer-Noon, Serer-Non) is a Cangin language of Senegal spoken in the Thiès region (14°47′N 16°55′W). There is an estimated population of 10,000- 50,000 speakers worldwide, rendering this language to be vulnerable. Ethnologue reports that it is 84% cognate (and 68% intelligible) with Lehar, essentially a divergent dialect, and 68% cognate with the other Cangin languages.

The Noon people identify themselves ethnically as Serer. However, their language, often called Serer-Noon on the assumption that it is a Serer dialect, is not closely related to the principal language of the Serer population, Serer-Sine.

From Wikipedia · Noon language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Noon

MeaningWordRomanization
personyal*
nametek*
eyekuas*
earnof*
nosekumun*
toothsis*
tonguepEfEm*
handjax*
blood5if*
bonelyoh*
skin7on*
kneeCi*
breastbiu7*
liverkEn*
watermúsú
fireki*
sunnoh*
star7ol*
stoneatox*
treekEdEk*
leafpu7*
nightyEkh*
dogbai*
fishkandabul*
lousedE5*
onejino*
twokanak*
drink7an*
seehot*
hearkEloh*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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