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Wolof
[ woh-lof ]
noun
- a language of Senegal, a Niger-Congo language closely related to Fulani.
Wolof
/ ˈwɒlɒf /
noun
- -of-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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She spoke in her native language of Wolof, translated by human rights activist Molly Melching.
From The Daily Beast
She spoke in her native language of Wolof, through sobs, and was translated by Melching.
From The Daily Beast
Imperfect Mahometans, they are lighter-coloured than either the Wolof or the Mandingo.
From Project Gutenberg
Homer said to him authoritatively, in the Wolof tongue, "You there, come in here!"
From Project Gutenberg
To whoever occupied the room he murmured a few words of apology in Wolof, the Sengalese lingua franca.
From Project Gutenberg
Thus as in Zulu in- kose requires en- kulu, so in Wolof baye requires bi, digene di, and so on.
From Project Gutenberg
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