Country
Languages of Senegal
The Linguasphere Register records 5 entries for Senegal, spread across 4 of its ten sectors. Each row below links to the Register entry, where the sets, chains and individual languages underneath it can be opened.
5Register entries
4Sectors present
4Zones
1Language entries
0= AFRICA 1= AFRO-ASIAN 5= INDO-EUROPEAN 9= TRANSAFRICAN
Register entries recorded in Senegal
| Code | Entry | Level | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
00= | MANDIC | Zone | Covers the "Mande" grouping (part of the "Congo-Kordofanian", "new Niger-Congo" hypothesis; and part of the … |
12= | SEMITIC | Zone | Covers the "Semitic" or ’Aramita + Amarinya set, part of the "Afro-Asiatic" or "Hamito-Semitic" intercontinental … |
51= | ROMANIC | Zone | Covers the "Romance" or Italiano + Româneasca set, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity. |
90-BBA-ad | fadyut | Inner | Joal>S.: Fadyout coast… Palmerin headland |
90= | ATLANTIC | Zone | Covers the "Atlantic" ("old West-Atlantic less Mel") reference area, within the "Transafrican" continental affinity. |
Country placements come from the geographic data published with the Linguasphere Register. They mark where a speech community is recorded, not where a language is official. See sources and attribution.