Wolof language | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-17

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Wolof language


00:01:25 1 Geographical distribution
00:03:02 2 Classification
00:03:30 3 Varieties
00:04:06 4 Orthography and pronunciation
00:05:28 4.1 Vowels
00:07:26 4.2 Consonants
00:09:13 4.3 Tones
00:09:32 5 Grammar
00:09:41 5.1 Notable characteristics
00:09:50 5.1.1 Pronoun conjugation instead of verbal conjugation
00:10:42 5.1.2 Conjugation with respect to aspect instead of tense
00:12:36 5.1.3 Action verbs versus static verbs and adjectives
00:12:47 5.1.4 Consonant harmony
00:12:55 5.1.5 Gender
00:14:16 5.2 Numerals
00:14:24 5.2.1 Cardinal numbers
00:15:13 5.2.2 Ordinal numbers
00:15:41 5.3 Personal pronouns
00:15:50 5.4 Temporal pronouns
00:15:58 5.4.1 Conjugation of the temporal pronouns
00:16:21 6 Literature
00:16:53 7 See also



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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 the Niger-Congo family, Wolof is not a tonal language. 
Wolof originated as the language of the Lebu 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. Variants include the older French Ouolof and the principally Gambian Wollof, Jolof, jollof, etc., which now typically refers either to the Jolof Empire or to jollof rice, a common West African rice dish. Now-archaic forms include Volof and Olof.
The English language is believed to have adopted some Wolof words, such as banana, via Spanish or Portuguese, and yum/yummy, from Wolof nyam "to taste"; nyam in several Caribbean English Creoles meaning "to eat" (compare Seychellois Creole nyanmnyanm, also meaning "to eat").