Wolof language
Most people also speak their own ethnic language while, especially in Dakar, [[Wolof language|Wolof]] is the [[lingua franca]]. [[Pulaar]] is spoken by the Fulas and Toucouleur. The [[Serer language]] is widely spoken by both Serers and non-Serers (including President Sall, whose wife is Serer); so are the [[Cangin languages]], whose speakers are ethnically Serers. [[Jola languages]] are widely spoken in the [[Casamance]]. Overall Senegal is home to around 39 distinct languages. Several have the legal status of "[[national language]]s": [[Balanta-Ganja language|Balanta-Ganja]], [[Arabic]], [[Jola-Fonyi language|Jola-Fonyi]], [[Mandinka language|Mandinka]], [[Mandjak language|Mandjak]], [[Mankanya language|Mankanya]], [[Noon language|Noon]] (Serer-Noon), [[Pulaar language|Pulaar]], [[Serer language|Serer]], [[Soninke language|Soninke]], and [[Wolof language|Wolof]].