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. Speakers are heavily concentrated in the area surrounding

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, particularly in the Thiès Region.

Orthography

The Safen language is written in either the

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. The official orthography uses a Latin alphabet with 23 consonants and 5 vowels.

Notes

Bibliography

* Walter Pichl, ''The Cangin Group - A Language Group in Northern Senegal'', Pittsburgh, PA : Institute of African Affairs, Duquesne University, Coll. African Reprint Series, 1966, vol. 20 * Chérif Mbodj, ''Recherches sur la phonologie et la morphologie de la langue saafi. Le parler de Boukhou'', Université de Nice, 1984 Languages of Senegal Cangin languages {{Senegal-stub