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Senegal is a Francophone country, where, as of 2024, 5.13 million (27.73%) out of 18.50 million people speak French. [2] In terms of usage, Wolof is the lingua franca and the most widely spoken language in Senegal, as a first or second language (80%). [3] Mande languages spoken include Soninke, and Mandinka.
Unlike most other languages of its 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. [3] Wolof dialects vary geographically and between rural and urban areas.
Rodi language, Traveller Norwegian; Romani–Hellenic Romano-Greek (mixed Romani-Greek) Romani–Italic (Romance) Romani–Occitan–Iberian Romance Caló. Occitan caló (Occitan: caló occitan) Catalan caló (Catalan: caló català) Spanish caló (Spanish: caló español) Portuguese caló (Portuguese: caló português) Italic (Romance)
Pulaar is the second most spoken local language in Senegal, being a first language for around 22% of the population. This correlates with 23.7% of the country in which Pulaar is the population's ethnicity. [4] Pulaar is one of the national languages of Senegal alongside 13 others. [4]
The Soninke language (Soninke: Sooninkanxanne, [2] سࣷونِکَنْخَنّࣹ), also known as Serakhulle or Azer or Maraka, [3] is a Mande language spoken by the Soninke people of West Africa. The language has an estimated 2.3 million speakers, primarily located in Mali and Mauritania , and also (in order of numerical importance of the ...
Pages in category "Languages of Senegal" The following 45 pages are in this category, out of 45 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Mauritania (a national language along with Fula, Wolof, the official language is Arabic) Senegal (a national language along with Balanta, Bassari, Bedik, Fula, Hassaniya, Jola, Mandinka, Mandjak, Mankanya, Noon, Safen, Serer, Wolof, the official language is French) Sotho: Lesotho (with English)
For languages written in other writing systems, write "Romanization - native script (language)", for example "Argentine - אַרגענטינע (Yiddish)", and alphabetize it in the list by the Romanized form. Due to its size, this list has been split into four parts: List of country names in various languages (A–C)