- Noon language
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Noon Spoken in Senegal Region Thiès Ethnicity Serer-Noon Native speakers 33,000 (2007) Language family Niger–Congo- Atlantic–Congo
- Senegambian
- Cangin
- Lehar–Noon
- Noon
- Lehar–Noon
- Cangin
- Senegambian
Language codes ISO 639-3 snf Noon (Non, None, Serer-Noon) is a Cangin language of Senegal. Ethnologue reports that it is 84% cognate (and 52% 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.
Categories:- Languages of Senegal
- Cangin languages
- Senegal stubs
- Language stubs
- Atlantic–Congo
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