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Ndut
Native toSenegal
RegionBiffeche
EthnicitySerer-Ndut
Native speakers
52,000 (2007)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Senegambian
      • Cangin
        • Palor–Ndut
          • Ndut
Language codes
ISO 639-3ndv
Glottologndut1239
ELPNdut

Ndut (Ndoute) is a Cangin language of Senegal. Ethnologue reports that it is 84% cognate (and 55% intelligible) with Palor, essentially a divergent dialect, and 68% cognate with the other Cangin languages.

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Ndut language

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Ndut (Ndoute) is a Cangin language of Senegal. Ethnologue reports that it is 84% cognate (and 55% intelligible) with Palor, essentially a divergent dialect...

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Ndut

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Ndut may refer to: the Ndut people the Ndut language mujhadAbbas the Ndut rite of passage This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the...

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Ndut initiation rite

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The Ndut is a rite of passage as well as a religious education commanded by Serer religion that every Serer (an ethnic group found in Senegal, the Gambia...

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Languages of Senegal

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Kobiana Kwatay Laalaa Mandinka Manjak Maninka Mankanya Mbouti Sign Language Mlomp Ndut Nko Noon Palor Pulaar Pular Safen Serer Soninke Wamey Wolof Yalunka...

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Palor language

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the Serer-Sine language. Like the Lehar, Saafi, Noon and Ndut languages, their language is classified as one of the Cangin languages attached to the...

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Cangin languages

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closer to Lehar–Noon than to Palor–Ndut. Merrill (2018: 451) reconstructs Proto-Cangin as follows. Serer language List of Proto-Cangin reconstructions...

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Serer people

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Ndut and Saafi, which are not closely related to Serer proper (Serer-Sine language). There are clear lexical similarities among the Cangin languages....

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Palor people

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the Cangin languages) and a sub-group of the Serer people. In their oral history, the Palor and Ndut accepts a common origin and language. Their tradition...

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Wolof people

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themselves as Wolof and speak the Wolof language, in the West Atlantic branch of the Niger–Congo family of languages. Their early history is unclear. The...

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Gullah language

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called Gullah-English, Sea Island Creole English, and Geechee) is a creole language spoken by the Gullah people (also called "Geechees" within the community)...

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Safen language

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Safene (Saafen), Safi or Saafi-Saafi, is the principal Cangin language, spoken by 200,000 people in Senegal. Speakers are heavily concentrated in the area...

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Senegambian languages

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Senegambian languages, traditionally known as the Northern West Atlantic, or in more recent literature sometimes confusingly as the Atlantic languages, are a...

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Laalaa language

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like the Ndut, Palor, Saafi and Noon languages, they are closely related to each other than to the Serer-Sine language. The Lehar language which is closer...

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West Atlantic languages

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Badiaranke Fula-Sereer Fula (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde, etc.) Sereer Cangin Palor, Ndut Noon, Laala, Saafi Nalu Nalu Bage Fore Baga Mboteni Bak Balant: Ganja, Kentohe...

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Njuup

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The Njuup tradition is a Serer style of music rooted in the Ndut initiation rite, which is a rite of passage that young Serers must go through once in...

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Toucouleur people

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Toucouleurs speak the Pulaar language, a dialect of Fula, an Atlantic branch of the Niger-Congo language family of languages. According to the oral traditions...

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Serer language

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differing regional dialects such as Serer-Sine and Serer saloum, is a language of the Senegambian branch of the Niger–Congo family spoken by 1.2 million...

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Gullah Jack

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African Americans Baga Kongo Fula Igbo Kissi Jola Kpelle Limba Mandinka Mende Susu Temne Vai Wolof Serer Laalaa Ndut Niominka Noon Palor Saafi Toucouleur...

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Serer religion

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French) Dupire, Marguerite, Sagesse sereer: Essais sur la pensée sereer ndut, Karthala Editions (1994), p. 54, ISBN 2865374874. (in French) Ndiaye, Ousmane...

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Jola people

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Casamance region. The main dialect of the Jola language, Fogni, is one of the six national languages of Senegal. Their economy has been based on wet...

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Dogon people

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000. They speak the Dogon languages, which are considered to constitute an independent branch of the Niger–Congo language family, meaning that they are...

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Biffeche

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Saint-Louis. Low-lying and largely flat, the region is populated by Fula,, Serer-Ndut, Wolof and Moor ethnic groups. The inhabitants' primary economic activities...

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Saloum

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ethnic groups are migrants. The Serer language and Wolof are both widely spoken in Saloum. The Cangin languages are also spoken. Saloum includes flat...

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Hot foot powder

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African Americans Baga Kongo Fula Igbo Kissi Jola Kpelle Limba Mandinka Mende Susu Temne Vai Wolof Serer Laalaa Ndut Niominka Noon Palor Saafi Toucouleur...

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Senegalese wrestling

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principle of Jom (from Serer religion), meaning heart or honour in the Serer language. The Jom principle covers a huge range of values and beliefs including...

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Gullah

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Georgia, and Florida within the coastal plain and the Sea Islands. Their language and culture have preserved a significant influence of Africanisms as a...

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