Noon
Noon is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Senegal. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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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
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | yal* | |
| name | tek* | |
| eye | kuas* | |
| ear | nof* | |
| nose | kumun* | |
| tooth | sis* | |
| tongue | pEfEm* | |
| hand | jax* | |
| blood | 5if* | |
| bone | lyoh* | |
| skin | 7on* | |
| knee | Ci* | |
| breast | biu7* | |
| liver | kEn* | |
| water | músú | |
| fire | ki* | |
| sun | noh* | |
| star | 7ol* | |
| stone | atox* | |
| tree | kEdEk* | |
| leaf | pu7* | |
| night | yEkh* | |
| dog | bai* | |
| fish | kandabul* | |
| louse | dE5* | |
| one | jino* | |
| two | kanak* | |
| drink | 7an* | |
| see | hot* | |
| hear | kEloh* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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