Sereer Grammar
This is the Wiki page for Serer.
Serer a language of the Senegambian branch of Niger–Congo spoken by 1.2 million people in Senegal and 30,000 in The Gambia.[1] It is the principal language of the Serer people.
Getting started
The handout provided by MediaWiki is below:
In addition to the handbook, a great way to learn how to format Wiki is by poking around Wikipedia, looking for interesting ideas, and clicking the edit button next to them. This is how I figured out how to create sortable lists, for example.
Another question is how we will generate interlinear glosses. The table environment is probably our best bet. This is how most LaTeX glossing packages work.
Ancillary pages
Upload recordings and annotations here.
This is where wordlists for individual elicitation sessions can be uploaded and checked to avoid redundant work.
Phonology
Serer words are made up of sounds called phonemes. There are many phonemes in Serer.
Phonological inventory
A tentative consonant inventory of Serer:
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | Pharyngeal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | ||||||||
| Stop | voiceless | |||||||
| voiced | ||||||||
| implosive | ||||||||
| Fricative | ||||||||
| Liquid | ||||||||
| Glide | ||||||||
A tentative vowel inventory of Serer:
| Front | Central | Back | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | |||||
| High-mid | |||||
| Mid | |||||
| Open | |||||
Phonotactics
Serer syllable structure is also very interesting.
Phonological alternations
Morphology
Nominal Morphology
Verbal Morphology
Syntax
Old Pages
- Bari grammar (old main page) - Recordings and transcriptions (Bari) - Bari lexicon
