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Extra to the standard Wolof set is /ħ/, available for Arabic loan words. Lacking is /q/, but /k/ may suffice for that. Also lacking is /nk/, but that may easily be formed with a mark above, like /mb/ etc. [2] In Garay, uppercase letters are distinguished from lowercase letters by a swash added to one side or the other of the letter.
The Wolof Wikipedia is the edition of Wikipedia in the Wolof language.It currently has 1,707 articles. The Wikipedia was started in the beginning of 2005, along with the Bambara Wikipedia and the Fula Wikipedia.
Dyao graduated in 1860 as one of the earliest graduates of Governor Faidherbe's Ecole des Otages, [7] [8] which was founded in 1855. [7] He was one of many West African authors during the colonial era who wrote chronicles on the history [9] (e.g., Wolof history) [8] and culture of the people [9] (e.g., Wolof) [8] of Senegal, to have their works translated by Maurice Delafosse, Octave Houdas ...
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.
Wolofal, like its parent system, the Arabic script, is an abjad.This means that only consonants are represented with letters. Vowels are shown with diacritics.As a matter of fact, writing of diacritics, including zero-vowel (sukun) diacritic as per the orthographic are mandatory.
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 .
Wolof oral traditions relate that the Wolof [5] were the earliest inhabitants of the region that became Jolof, which was named after a local chief Jolof Mbengue. The empire consisted mostly of Wolof, Serer and Fula from north of the Senegal River. [6] The region was ruled by Lamanes of the Mbengue, Diaw and Ngom families.
Wolofization or Wolofisation is a cultural and language shift whereby populations or states adopt Wolof language or culture, such as in the Senegambia region. In Senegal, Wolof is a lingua franca [1] [2] [3] The Wolofization phenomenon has taken over all facets of Senegal and encroaching on Gambian soil. [3]