Serer, often broken into differing regional dialects such as Serer-Sine and Serer-Saloum, is a language of the Senegambian branch of the Niger–Congo family...
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The Serer people (Serer proper: Seereer or Sereer) are a West African ethnoreligious group and nation, "today scattered in several small states on the...
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The Serer religion or Serer spirituality (Serer: A ƭat Roog, meaning "the way of the Divine", "path of God", or "religious life"), is the original religious...
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the Southern Atlantic languages. The remaining (Northern or Senegambian) languages are characterized by a lack of tone. The Serer–Fulani–Wolof branch is...
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Serer language (Serer-Sine). Because the people are ethnically Serer, the Cangin languages are commonly thought to be dialects of the Serer language....
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The Sere languages (also called the Ndogoic or Sere–Ndogo languages) are a proposed family of Ubangian languages spoken in South Sudan and the Democratic...
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The Serer creation myth is the traditional creation myth of the Serer people of Senegal, the Gambia and Mauritania. Many Serers who adhere to the tenets...
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Wolof music (category Articles with French-language sources (fr))
in general. Wolof music takes its roots from the Serer musical tradition, particularly from the Serer pre-colonial Kingdom of Saloum. Virtually all Wolof...
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Senegal (category Articles containing Serer-language text)
Serer from the Serer language, rooted in Serer values and serer religion, not Wolof. See: (in French) Gravrand, Henry, "L'HERITAGE SPIRITUEL SEREER:...
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Sere is a minor Ubangian language of the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The name is variously spelled Serre, Shaire, Shere, Sheri, Sili...
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The Gambia (redirect from Gambian language)
representing loanwords from the Serer religion – they were ancient Serer festivals. [citation needed] Like the Serers, the Jola people have their own...
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Serer Kings The Serer-Ndut or Ndut also spelt (Ndoute or N'doute) are an ethnic group in Senegal numbering 38600. They are part of the Serer people who...
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Noon (Non, None, Serer-Noon, Serer-Non) is a Cangin language of Senegal spoken in the Thiès region (14°47′N 16°55′W / 14.783°N 16.917°W / 14.783; -16...
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Look up Serer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Serer may refer to: Serer people Serer language Serer religion Rafael Calvo Serer (1916-1988), Spanish...
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a series Sere languages, a proposed family of Ubangian languages Sere language, spoken in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo "SERE", an episode...
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Tekrur exodus only affected those Serers living in Tekrur at the time. It did not apply to all Serer people. The Serer people are very diverse and spread...
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years. Much of it comes from archaeological discoveries and Serer tradition rooted in the Serer religion. In Charles Becker's paper titled "Vestiges historiques...
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Talking drum (category Serer culture)
permitted in Serer religion only if it satisfies the Serer principle of Jom (see Serer religion). The word "Jom" means "honour" in the Serer language. Ayangalu...
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Griot (category Articles containing Serer-language text)
(in N'Ko: ߖߋ߬ߟߌ, djeli or djéli in French spelling); also spelt Djali; Serer: kevel or kewel / okawul; Wolof: gewel) is a West African historian, storyteller...
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Senegalese wrestling (category Articles containing Serer-language text)
the kim njom – the chants made by young Serer women in order to reveal their gift of "poetry" (ciid in Serer). In Wolof, Bëre refers to traditional wrestling...
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Senegalese languages have the status of "national languages": Wolof, Balanta-Ganja, Arabic, Jola-Fonyi, Mandinka, Mandjak, Mankanya, Noon (Serer-Noon), Pulaar...
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Serer maternal clans or Serer matriclans (Serer : Tim or Tiim; Ndut : Ciiɗim) are the maternal clans of the Serer people of Senegal, the Gambia and Mauritania...
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Lamane (redirect from Serer lamane)
linked to Serer custom, Serer history, and Serer religion. As such, they were extremely powerful if not as true kings as guardians of Serer traditions...
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Palor people (redirect from Serer-Palor)
sub-group of the Serer ethnic group found in Senegal, the Gambia and Mauritania. Although ethnically Serers, they do not speak the Serer language but one of...
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Intercession of saints (section Serer religion)
Serer people of Senegal, the Gambia and Mauritania, some of their ancient dead are taken as, in an analogy, holy saints, called Pangool in the Serer language...
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Serer Kings The Serer-Noon also called Noon (sometimes spelt Non or None) are an ethnic people who occupy western Senegal. They are part of the Serer...
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Religious cosmology (section Serer religion)
"Yoonir" in the Serer language and some of the Cangin languages. This star enables them to give accurate information as to when Serer farmers should start...
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letter of the Latin alphabet based on the letter t. It is used in the Serer language. Its lower case form, ƭ, formerly represented a voiceless alveolar implosive...
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launched jihads against the Serer people of Tekrur because they refused to abandon their Serer religion in favour of Islam. The Serer lamanic class, who also...
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Roog (redirect from Roog (Serer deity))
or Rog (Koox in the Cangin languages) is the Supreme God and creator of the Serer religion of the Senegambia region. In Serer, roog means sky or the heavens...
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