Ethnicity Serer-Palor ISO 639-3 fap | Region Thies Native speakers 10,700 (2007) | |
Language family Niger–CongoAtlantic–CongoSenegambianCanginPalor–NdutPalor |
Palor (Falor, Paloor) is a language spoken in Senegal. The speakers of this language - the Palor people or Serer-Palor, are ethnically Serers but they do not speak 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 Niger–Congo family. Palor is closer to Ndut.
Other names
Sili-Sili (the name for their language) and Waro (the name for themselves).
References
Palor language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA