Native speakers 200,000 (2012) ISO 639-3 sav | Ethnicity Saafi people | |
Language family Niger–CongoAtlantic–CongoSenegambianCanginSafene | ||
Safene (Saafen), or Saafi-Saafi, is the principal Cangin language, spoken by 200,000 people in Senegal. Speakers are heavily concentrated in the area surrounding Dakar, particularly in the Thies Region.
Orthography
The Safen language is written in either the Arabic or the Latin script. The official orthography uses a Latin alphabet with 23 consonants and 5 vowels.
References
Safen language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA