Wolof
Americannoun
noun
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a member of a Negroid people of W Africa living chiefly in Senegal
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the language of this people, belonging to the West Atlantic branch of the Niger-Congo family
Example Sentences
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Dozens of immigrants listened to proceedings on headsets with access to simultaneous translations in Wolof, Haitian Creole, Arabic, French, Fula and Bambara.
From Seattle Times
One TikTok user, who goes by the name Ngo Keĩta, plays the role of a popular agony aunt, posting clips in Wolof, the language spoken most widely in Senegal.
From Seattle Times
Ncula didn’t speak Wolof, Senegal’s most widely spoken language, which most of the men on the boat used to converse.
From Seattle Times
It began in the ancient Wolof Empire, the first society in Africa to establish trade with European powers in the 1400s.
From Washington Times
The Wolof woman to whom the name belongs is a larger-than-life character in French Senegalese writer David Diop’s novel “Beyond the Door of No Return,” inspired by Adanson’s life.
From Seattle Times
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