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A Wolof speaker, recorded in Taiwan. Wolof (/ ˈ w oʊ l ɒ f / WOH-lof; [2] Wolof làkk, وࣷلࣷفْ لࣵکّ) is a Niger–Congo language spoken by the Wolof people in much of the West African subregion of Senegambia that is split between the countries of Senegal, The Gambia and Mauritania.
jive – possibly from Wolof jev; juke, jukebox – possibly from Wolof and Bambara dzug through Gullah; kwashiorkor – from Ga language, Coastal Ghana meaning "swollen stomach" Marímbula, plucked musical instrument (lamellophone) of the Caribbean islands; merengue (dance) possibly from Fulani mererek i meaning to shake or quiver
It is basically the name of a West African Ajami script as used for that language. Wolofal was the first script for writing Wolof. Although the Latin alphabet is the primary official script of the language in today's Senegal, Wolofal is still used by many people as a symbol of
Wolof (/ ˈ w ɒ l ɒ f /) 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 .
bwana – from Swahili, meaning "husband, important person or safari leader" chigger – possibly from Wolof and/or Yoruba jiga "insect" [6] chimpanzee – loaned in the 18th century from a Bantu language, possibly Kivili ci-mpenzi. [7] chimurenga – from Shona, "revolution" or "liberation" cola – from West African languages (Temne kola ...
This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of wolof on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of wolof in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.
This word is the past tense of a verb that means "to throw or hurl forcefully." OK, that's it for hints—I don't want to totally give it away before revealing the answer!
Wolof-Nyun is a play on the word "Nyun-Wolof" which means "We Wolof". It is an upitty Wolof editor who put that. For the sake of the credibility of Wiki, remove that dubious claim. I have lost patients for all Wolof related articles, I do not know what is fiction and what is fact anymore. SMH!Tamsier 23:16, 23 March 2012 (UTC)