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2. Wolof language - Wikipedia

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   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. The principal dialect of Dakar, for instance, is an urban mixture of Wolof, French, and Arabic.

3. Wolof people - Wikipedia

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   The Wolof people (UK: / ˈwoʊlɒf /) [4][5] are a West African ethnic group found in northwestern Senegal, the Gambia, and southwestern coastal Mauritania. In Senegal, the Wolof are the largest ethnic group (~39.7%), while elsewhere they are a minority. [6] They refer to themselves as Wolof and speak the Wolof language, in the West Atlantic ...

4. Wolofal alphabet - Wikipedia

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   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

5. Languages of Senegal - Wikipedia

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   Senegal is a multilingual country: Ethnologue lists 36 languages, Wolof being the most widely spoken language. French, is the only official language of Senegal, used mainly by the administration, the education and spoken by 26% of the total population. [1] Senegal is a member State of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie.

6. Click consonant - Wikipedia

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   Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of the intended characters. Click consonants, or clicks, are speech sounds that occur as consonants in many languages of Southern Africa and in three languages of East Africa. Examples familiar to English-speakers are the tut-tut (British spelling) or ...

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8. Garay alphabet - Wikipedia

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   The Garay alphabet was designed in 1961, as a transcription system " [marrying] African sociolinguistic characteristics" according to its inventor, Assane Faye. This alphabet has 25 consonants and 14 vowels. [ 1 ] It is used in particular for the writing of the Wolof language, spoken mostly in Senegal, although it is more often written in the ...

9. Wolofization - Wikipedia

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   Wolofization. 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]