Sere language

Not to be confused with Sere people.
Sere
Region Democratic Republic of the Congo
Native speakers
(2,500 in Congo cited 1971?[1])[2]
30 in CAR (1988 census)[3]
Ubangian
  • Seri–Mba

    • Sere
      • Sere–Bviri
        • Sere
Language codes
ISO 639-3 swf
Glottolog sere1264[4]

Sere is a minor Ubangian language of the Congo. The name is variously spelled Serre, Shaire, Shere, Sheri, Sili, Siri, French Chere, or prefixed as Basili, Basiri.

References

  1. ↑ Not clear if date applies to Congolese population or only the total
  2. ↑ Sere at Ethnologue (10th ed., 1984). Note: Data may come from the 9th edition (1978).
  3. ↑ Sere language at Ethnologue (13th ed., 1996).
  4. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Sere". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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