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Revision as of 18:33, 26 May 2022
Hi Polyglots! 😃
Welcome to the Wolof learning page!
You will find below many free resources to learn and practice this language.
Enjoy your learning journey with Polyglot Club! 😊
Facts about Wolof
- Language code (ISO 639-3):
wol - Autonyms (how to write "Wolof" in Wolof):
Wolof - Other names for "Wolof":
Ouolof, Volof, Walaf, Yallof, Waro-Waro - The Wolof language is spoken in:
Senegal
Wolof is a language of Senegal, the Gambia and Mauritania, and the native language of the Wolof people. Like the neighbouring languages Serer and Fula, it belongs to the Senegambian branch of the Niger–Congo language family. Unlike most other languages of the Niger-Congo family, Wolof is not a tonal language.
Wolof is the most widely spoken language in Senegal, spoken natively by the Wolof people (40% of the population) but also by most other Senegalese as a second language.
Wolof dialects vary geographically and between rural and urban areas. The principal dialect of Dakar, for instance, is an urban mixture of Wolof, French, and Arabic.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolof_language
Wolof Dictionaries
• Wolof-English dictionary (1995) (Peace Corps, Gambia)
• Ay Baati Wolof [PDF] Wolof-English dictionary, by Pamela Munro & Dieynaba Gaye (1997)
• WolofResources: Wolof-French-English vocabulary by topics
• 17 minute languages: Wolof-English common phrases (+ audio)
• Janga Wolof: Wolof-English common phrases
• Wisdom of the Wolof sages explained & translated into English, by Richard Shawyer (2009)
• Wolofii: Wolof proverbs & translation into French
• Au-Sénégal: Wolof proverbs & translation into French
• Dictionnaire français-volof: French-Wolof dictionary & abridged Wolof grammar, by V.-J. Guy-Grand & Olivier Abiven ( (1923)
• La langue wolof: the Wolof language & French-Wolof vocabulary by Jean-Baptiste Rambaud (1903)
• Dictionnaire français-wolof: French-Wolof & French-Bambara dictionary by Jean Dard (1825)
• Wolof > French
• Vocabulaire de la langue ouolofe by René Geoffroy de Villeneuve, in Afrique, ou Histoire, mœurs, usages et coutumes des Africains (1814)
• Barbot's West African vocabularies (by Jean Barbot written in 1680), by Paul Hair (1992)
• Early published vocabularies of the Wolof language by David Gamble (1992)
• Vocabulaires guiolof, foule, mandingue, saracolé, seraire, bagnon et floupe recueillis à la côte d'Afrique, pour le service de l'ancienne Compagnie royale du Sénégal, in Mémoires de la Société ethnologique (1845)
• The Compagnie royale dictionaire manuscript: an early lexicographic exploration of historical Senegambia, by Henning Schreiber (2011)
Videos
GREETINGS IN WOLOF LANGUAGE
The Sound of the Wolof language
Sources
https://www.lexilogos.com/english/wolof_dictionary.htm