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Wolof

[ woh-lof ]
/ ˈwoʊ lɒf /

noun

a language of Senegal, a Niger-Congo language closely related to Fulani.

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British Dictionary definitions for Wolof

Wolof
/ (ˈwɒlɒf) /

noun

plural -of or -ofs a member of a Negroid people of W Africa living chiefly in Senegal
the language of this people, belonging to the West Atlantic branch of the Niger-Congo family
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