Grapheme Data for Serer-Sine written with Latin script
Sources:
- Ajami Serer orthography
- 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
Contributor: Lorna Evans
Also available for Arabic script.
| Grapheme | USV | Phoneme | Status | Example | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <aa> | 0061 0061 | /aː/ | expected | maal ‘punish’ | |
| <a> | 0061 | /a/ | expected | mal ‘association’ | |
| <b> | 0062 | /b/ | expected | boob ‘straw’ | |
| <c> | 0063 | /c/ | expected | cek ‘chicken’ | |
| <d> | 0064 | /d/ | expected | don ‘mouth, to inherit’ | |
| <ee> | 0065 0065 | /eː/ | expected | feel ‘slap’ | |
| <e> | 0065 | /e/ | expected | fel ‘delicious’ | |
| <f> | 0066 | /f/ | expected | fad ‘to beat’ | |
| <g> | 0067 | /g/ | expected | gut ‘pipe’ | |
| <h> | 0068 | /h/ | expected | hiid ‘year’ | |
| <ii> | 0069 0069 | /iː/ | expected | niim ‘tree species’ | |
| <i> | 0069 | /i/ | expected | nim ‘drowse’ | |
| <j> | 006A | /dʒ/ | expected | japil ‘knife’ | |
| <k> | 006B | /k/ | expected | kiin ‘person’ | |
| <l> | 006C | /l/ | expected | las ‘tail’ | |
| <mb> | 006D 0062 | /ᵐb/ | expected | mbaal ‘sheep’, mbaambir ‘in front of’, xomb ‘turtle’ | |
| <m> | 006D | /m/ | expected | maad ‘king’, rim ‘to beget’ | |
| <nd> | 006E 0064 | /ⁿd/ | expected | ndam ‘glory’, anddiloor ‘sign’, kend ‘someone of the same age class’ | |
| <ng> | 006E 0067 | /ᵑg/ | expected | ngim ‘faith’, fangool ‘snake’, reng ‘to nail’ | |
| <nj> | 006E 006A | /dʒ/ | expected | njom ‘traditional fight’, sinjyo ‘build’, cinj ‘after’ | |
| <nq> | 006E 0071 | /q/ | expected | nqaariit ‘friendship’, onqe ‘(article)’, honq ‘grain’ | |
| <n> | 006E | /n/ | expected | nogoy ‘old’ | |
| <oo> | 006F 006F | /oː/ | expected | foor ‘mature’ | |
| <o> | 006F | /o/ | expected | for ‘slim’ | |
| <p> | 0070 | /p/ | expected | pooƭ ‘millet’, dap ‘to wash’ | |
| <q> | 0071 | /q/ | expected | qol ‘field’ | |
| <r> | 0072 | /ɾ/ | expected | rax ‘to chase’ | |
| <s> | 0073 | /s/ | expected | sed ‘to be ashamed’, fus ‘pustule’ | |
| <t> | 0074 | /t/ | expected | tew ‘woman’, ret ‘to go’ | |
| <uu> | 0075 0075 | /uː/ | expected | fuud ‘watch a show’ | |
| <u> | 0075 | /u/ | expected | fud ‘stomach’ | |
| <w> | 0077 | /w/ | expected | waag ‘to be able’ | |
| <x> | 0078 | /χ/ | expected | xaad ‘to return home’, ɓox ‘dog’ | |
| <y> | 0079 | /j/ | expected | yook ‘to wake up’ | |
| <ñ> | 00F1 | /ɲ/ | expected | ñaal ‘day’ | |
| <ŋ> | 014B | /ŋ/ | expected | ŋat ‘to bite’ | |
| <ƈ> | 0188 | /c̣/ | expected | ƈoox ‘mouse’ | |
| <ƥ> | 01A5 | /p̣/ | expected | ƥay ‘hands’ | |
| <ƭ> | 01AD | /ṭ/ | expected | ƭool ‘leather’, pooƭ ‘millet’ | |
| <ƴ> | 01B4 | /jˀ/ | expected | ƴax ‘to chew’ | |
| <ɓ> | 0253 | /ɓ/ | expected | ɓaak ‘baobab fruit’, ŋoob ‘narrow’ | |
| <ɗ> | 0257 | /ɗ/ | expected | ɗeet ‘to look at, consider’, fiɗel ‘fire’ | |
| <ꞌ> | A78C | /ʔ/ | expected | foꞌoy ‘blood’ |