Niger-Congo family
Serer
c. 1000 CE – today Living
Serer (c. 1000 CE – today) is a living Niger-Congo language. Lineage: Proto-Niger-Congo → Proto-Atlantic-Congo → Proto-Atlantic → Serer.
See Serer on the interactive map- Speakers
- 1.5M (1,500,000)
- ISO 639-3
- srr
North Atlantic language of Senegal and the Gambia, closely related to Fula.
Lineage
- Proto-Niger-Congoc. 10,000 BCE – 7,000 BCE
- Proto-Atlantic-Congoc. 7,000 BCE – 5,000 BCE
- Proto-Atlanticc. 5,000 BCE – 3,000 BCE
- Sererc. 1000 CE – today
Sister languages 2
Also descended from Proto-Atlantic.