Wolof

E28117

Atlantic-Congo language Niger-Congo language Senegambian language language

Wolof is a major Niger-Congo language spoken primarily in Senegal, The Gambia, and Mauritania, serving as a key lingua franca in the region.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Atlantic-Congo language → Niger-Congo language → Senegambian language → language →
closelyRelatedTo	Fula language → Serer language →
glottologCode	wolo1247 →
hasBasicWordOrder	SVO →
hasBibleTranslation	yes →
hasDialects	Dakar Wolof → Gambian Wolof → Mauritanian Wolof →
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom	Arabic → English → French →
hasMorphologicalType	agglutinative language →
hasNativeName	Wollof → Wolof →
hasOnlinePresence	yes →
hasPhonologicalFeature	ATR vowel harmony →
hasStandardizedOrthography	yes →
isLinguaFrancaIn	Mauritania → Senegal → The Gambia →
ISO639-1Code	wo →
ISO639-2Code	wol →
ISO639-3Code	wol →
languageFamily	Atlantic-Congo → Niger-Congo → Senegambian →
majorityLanguageIn	Senegal →
primaryCountry	Mauritania → Senegal → The Gambia →
region	West Africa →
regulatingBody	Centre de linguistique appliquée de Dakar →
spokenByEthnicGroup	Wolof people →
usedAsSecondLanguageBy	many ethnic groups in Senegal →
usedAsTradeLanguageIn	Mauritania → Senegal → The Gambia →
usedInCapitalCity	Dakar →
usedInEducation	Senegal →
usedInMedia	Senegal →
usedInRadioBroadcasts	Senegal →
usedInTelevisionBroadcasts	Senegal →
writingSystem	Arabic script → Latin script →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Wolof ("Dakar Wolof") → Wolof ("Gambian Wolof") → Wolof ("Mauritanian Wolof") →	hasDialects
Atlantic–Congo languages → Niger–Congo languages → West African languages →	includesLanguage
Gambian Muslims → Wolof Empire →	language
Wolof Empire ("Wolof people") →	ethnicBasis
West Africa ("Wolof people") →	hasEthnicGroup
Pulaar →	hasLexicalInfluenceFrom
Wolof →	hasNativeName
Cape Verdean Creole →	influencedBy
Cap-Vert Peninsula →	languageMajority
Cheikh Anta Diop University →	languageOfInstruction
Dakar Region →	languageWidelySpoken
Saint-Louis →	localLanguage
Senegal →	nationalLanguage
Mauritania →	recognizedLanguage
Wolof ("Wolof people") →	spokenByEthnicGroup
Arabic alphabet ("Wolof language (Ajami)") →	usedFor