Safen language
# Safen language

Safene (Saafen), Safi or Saafi-Saafi, is the principal Cangin language, spoken by 200,000 people in Senegal. Speakers are heavily concentrated in the area surrounding Dakar, particularly in the Thies Region.

* Senegal portal
* Gambia portal

## Orthography

The Safen language is written in either the Arabic or the Latin script. The official orthography uses a Latin alphabet with 23 consonants and 5 vowels.

Alphabet :

| A | B | Ɓ | C | D | Ɗ | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | Ñ | Ŋ | O | P | R | S | T | U | W | Y | Ƴ | ’ |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| a | b | ɓ | c | d | ɗ | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | ñ | ŋ | o | p | r | s | t | u | w | y | ƴ | ’ |
