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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 Sub-Saharan Africa, Wolof is not a tonal language. Wolof originated as the language of the Lebou people. It 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. Dakar-Wolof, for instance, is
an urban mixture of Wolof, French, and Arabic. Wolof is the standard spelling, and may refer to the Wolof people or to Wolof
culture. Older French publications may use the spelling Ouolof, and some English publications Wollof, predominantly referring
to (anglophone) Gambian Wolof. Prior to the 20th century, the forms Volof and Olof were used. Wolof words in English are believed
to include yam, from Wolof nyami to eat food, nyam in Barbadian English meaning to eat (also compare Seychellois nyanmnyanm,
also meaning to eat). |
Names (more)[af] Wolof[am] ዎሎፍኛ [ar] الولوف [az] volof dili [bn] উওলোফ [bs] volof [br] wolof [bg] волоф [ca] wòlof [cs] wolofština [cy] Woloff [da] wolof [de] Wolof [dz] ཝོ་ལོཕ་ཁ [el] Γουόλοφ [en] Wolof [eo] volofa [et] volofi [eu] wolofera [ee] wolofgbe [fo] wolof [fa] ولوفی [fi] wolof [fr] wolof [gd] Wolof [ga] Volaifis [gl] wólof [gu] વોલોફ [he] ג׳ולוף [hi] वोलोफ [hr] wolof [hu] volof [id] Wolof [is] volof [it] volof [ja] ウォロフ語 [kn] ವೋಲೋಫ್ [ks] وولوف [km] វូឡុហ្វ [ko] 올로프어 [lo] ວູບ [lv] volofu [lt] volofų [ml] വൊളോഫ് [mr] वोलोफ [mk] волофски [mt] Wolof [ne] वुलुफ [nl] Wolof [nn] wolof [nb] wolof [or] ୱୋଲଫ୍ [pl] wolof [pt] uólofe [rm] wolof [ro] wolof [ru] волоф [si] වොලොෆ් [sk] wolof [sl] volofščina [es] uolof [sr] Волоф [sv] wolof [ta] ஒலூஃப் [te] వొలాఫ్ [th] โวลอฟ [to] lea fakaʻuolofo [tr] Volofça [uk] волоф [ur] وولوف [vi] Tiếng Wolof [zu] isi-Wolof |
Language type : Living
Technical notes
This page is providing structured data for the language Wolof. |
ISO 639 CodesISO 639-1 : woISO 639-2B : wol ISO 639-2T : wol ISO 639-3 : wol Linked Data URIshttp://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/wolhttp://dbpedia.org/resource/ISO_639:wol http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-1/wo http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/wol More URIs at sameas.org SourcesAuthority documentation for ISO 639 identifier: wolFreebase ISO 639-3 : wol GeoNames.org Country Information Publications Office of the European Union Metadata Registry : Countries and Languages |