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The Niger-Congo language family usually has different languages branching from it. Wolof is a member of its Senegambain branches. There is an estimated seven million Wolof speakers Mauritania, Gambia, France, Guinea, Mali, Senegal, Mali and Guinea-Bissau. In Senegal there are six national languages including Wolof. The first evidence of the written dialect was in an Arabic Script, this version was referred to as Wolofal. The older men of Senegal prefer to use this version. In [...] |
Wolof belongs to the West-Atlantic group of the Niger-Congo family (like Fulfulde). It is spoken by about 3.5 million people, mostly in Senegal, where it is the main African language. Wolof dialects may vary between countries (Senegal and Gambia) and the rural and urban areas. "Dakar-Wolof", for instance, is an urban mixture of Wolof, French, Arabic, and even a little English.
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This dictionary was made by Renato B. Figueiredo.
List status: © Renato B. Figueiredo
Wolof > English: 3,695 words
English > Wolof: 3,014 words
Last update: March 21, 2014
First upload: April 9, 2008
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