Grapheme Data for Serer-Since written with Arabic script

Sources:

• [Ajami Serer orthography](http://paul-timothy.net/pages/ajamisenegal/serer_ajami_unicode6.1.pdf
• Hartell, Rhonda. 1993. Alphabets of Africa. Dakar, Senegal. UNESCO and Summer Institute of Linguistics.
• Wikipedia: Serer language
• Toumieux, Heesuk. 2001. Manuel d’alphabétisation de transition Français – Sérère
• Andaam a ajami seereer
• DPLN Senegal. ca 2002. Tableau Général des Alphabets

Contributor: Lorna Evans

Also available for Latin script.

Grapheme	USV	Phoneme	Status	Example	Notes
<آ>	0622	/aː/	expected	آرࣹيرْ ‘peanut’	word initial
<ا◌َ>	0627 064E	/a/	expected	اَرْدَبَ ‘Wednesday’	word initial
<ا◌َ>	0627 064E	/aː/	expected	وَاگّ ‘to be able’
<ا◌ُو>	0627 064F 0648	/uː/	expected	اُوتْ ‘wound’	word initial
<ا◌ُ>	0627 064F	/u/	expected	اُنْ ‘grind/mortar’	word initial
<ا◌ِي>	0627 0650 064A	/iː/		اِي ‘yes’	word initial
<ا◌ِ>	0627 0650	/i/	expected	اِيࣷ ‘yes’	word initial
<ا◌ࣷو>	0627 08F7 0648	/oː/	expected	اࣷو ‘(article-example)’	word initial
<ا◌ࣷ>	0627 08F7	/o/	expected	اࣷنقࣹ ‘(article)’	word initial
<ا◌ࣹي>	0627 08F9 064A	/eː/	expected	اࣹيتْ ‘first’	word initial
<ا◌ࣹ>	0627 08F9	/e/	expected	اࣹسْ ‘my’	word initial
<ب>	0628	/b/	expected	بࣷوبْ ‘straw’
<ت>	062A	/t/	expected	تࣹوْ ‘woman’, رࣹتْ ‘to go’
<ج>	062C	/dʒ/	expected	جَݒِلْ ‘knife’
<خ>	062E	/χ/	expected	خَادْ ‘to return home’, ࢠࣷخْ ‘dog’
<د>	062F	/d/	expected	دࣷنْ ‘mouth, to inherit’
<ر>	0631	/ɾ/	expected	رَخْ ‘to chase’
<س>	0633	/s/	expected	سࣹدْ ‘to be ashamed’, فُسْ ‘pustule’
<ط>	0637	/ɗ/	expected	طࣹيتْ ‘to look at, consider’, فِطࣹلْ ‘fire’
<ع>	0639	/ʔ/	expected	فࣷعࣷيْ ‘blood’
<ف>	0641	/f/	expected	فَدْ ‘to beat’
<ق>	0642	/q/	expected	قࣷلْ ‘field’
<لا>	0644 0627	/l/	expected	لاَمِتْ ‘to ask a question’
<ل>	0644	/l/	expected	لَسْ ‘tail’
<مب>	0645 0628	/ᵐb/	expected	مبَالْ ‘sheep’, مبَامبِرْ ‘in front of’, خࣷمبْ ‘turtle’
<م>	0645	/m/	expected	مَادْ ‘king’, رِمْ ‘to beget’
<نج>	0646 062C	/dʒ/	expected	نجࣷمْ ‘traditional fight’, سِنجيࣷ ‘build’, ݖِنجّ ‘after’	when word final it uses a shadda
<ند>	0646 062F	/ⁿd/	expected	ندَمْ ‘glory’, اَندِّلࣷورْ ‘sign’, کࣹندّ ‘someone of the same age class’
<نق>	0646 0642	/q/	expected	نقَارِيتْ ‘friendship’, اࣷنقࣹ ‘(article)’, هࣷنقّ ‘grain’	when word final it uses a shadda
<نگ>	0646 06AF	/ᵑg/	expected	نگِمْ ‘faith’, فَنگࣷولْ ‘snake’, رࣹنگّ ‘to nail’	when word final it uses a shadda
<ن>	0646	/n/	expected	نࣷگࣷيْ ‘old’
<ه>	0647	/h/	expected	هِيدْ ‘year’
<و◌ُ>	0648 064F	/uː/	expected	فُودْ ‘watch a show’
<و◌ࣷ>	0648 08F7	/oː/	expected	ࢢࣷوخْ ‘mouse’
<و>	0648	/w/	expected	وَاگْ ‘to be able’
<ي◌ِ>	064A 0650	/iː/	expected	هِيدْ ‘year’
<ي◌ࣹ>	064A 08F9	/eː/	expected	طࣹيتْ ‘mouth’
<ي>	064A	/j/	expected	يࣷوکْ ‘to wake up’
<◌َ>	064E	/a/	expected	ڃَخْ ‘to chew’
<◌ُ>	064F	/u/	expected	گُتْ ‘pipe’
<◌ِ>	0650	/i/	expected	جَݒِلْ ‘knife’
<◌ْ>	0652	/∅/	expected	طࣹيتْ ‘mouth’
<ڃ>	0683	/jˀ/	expected	ڃَخْ ‘to chew’
<ک>	06A9	/k/	expected	کِينْ ‘person’	when word final it uses a shadda
<گ>	06AF	/g/	expected	گُتْ ‘pipe’
<ݒ>	0752	/p/	expected	ݒࣷوࢣْ ‘millet’, دَݒْ ‘to wash’
<ݕ>	0755	/p̣/	expected	ݕَيْ ‘hands’
<ݖ>	0756	/c/	expected	ݖࣹکْ ‘chicken’
<ݝ>	075D	/ŋ/	expected	ݝَتْ ‘to bite’
<ݧ>	0767	/ɲ/	expected	ݧَالْ ‘day’
<ࢠ>	08A0	/ɓ/	expected	ࢠَاکْ ‘baobab fruit’, ݝࣷوبْ ‘narrow’
<ࢢ>	08A2	/c̣/	expected	ࢢࣷوخْ ‘mouse’
<ࢣ>	08A3	/ṭ/	expected	ࢣࣷولْ ‘leather’, ݒࣷوࢣْ ‘millet’
<◌ࣷ>	08F7	/o/	expected	دࣷنْ ‘to perceive’
<◌ࣹ>	08F9	/e/	expected	ݖࣹکْ ‘chicken’