Cangin languages
| Cangin | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | Senegal, the Gambia |
| Ethnicity | Serer |
| Linguistic classification | Niger–Congo?
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| Proto-language | Proto-Cangin |
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| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | cang1245 |
The Cangin (/ˈtʃæŋɪn/) languages are spoken by 200,000 people (as of 2007) in a small area east of Dakar, Senegal. They are the languages spoken by the Serer people who do not speak the Serer language (Serer-Sine). Because the people are ethnically Serer, the Cangin languages are commonly thought to be dialects of the Serer language. However, they are not closely related; Serer is closer to Fulani than it is to Cangin.