Sere language

Not to be confused with Sere people.
Sere
Region Democratic Republic of the Congo
Native speakers
unknown (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. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Sere". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
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