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.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Wolof canonical 54
Wolof language 13
Wolof people 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Atlantic-Congo language ⓘ
Niger-Congo language ⓘ
Senegambian language ⓘ
language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Fula language ⓘ
Serer language ⓘ
glottologCode wolo1247 ⓘ
hasBasicWordOrder SVO ⓘ
hasBibleTranslation yes ⓘ
hasDialects Wolof self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dakar Wolof

Wolof self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Gambian Wolof

Wolof self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mauritanian Wolof
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Arabic ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative language ⓘ
hasNativeName Wollof ⓘ
Wolof self-link ⓘ
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 languages ⓘ
surface form: Atlantic-Congo

Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form: Niger-Congo

Senegambian ⓘ
majorityLanguageIn Senegal ⓘ
primaryCountry Mauritania ⓘ
Senegal ⓘ
The Gambia ⓘ
region West Africa ⓘ
regulatingBody Centre de linguistique appliquée de Dakar ⓘ
spokenByEthnicGroup Wolof self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Arabic script

Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (75)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

West African languages → includesLanguage → Wolof ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages → includesLanguage → Wolof ⓘ
West Africa → hasEthnicGroup → Wolof ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wolof people
Mauritania → recognizedLanguage → Wolof ⓘ
Wolof → hasDialects → Wolof self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dakar Wolof
Wolof → hasDialects → Wolof self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gambian Wolof
Wolof → hasDialects → Wolof self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mauritanian Wolof
Wolof → hasNativeName → Wolof self-link ⓘ
Wolof → spokenByEthnicGroup → Wolof self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wolof people
Cape Verdean Creole → influencedBy → Wolof ⓘ
Senegal → nationalLanguage → Wolof ⓘ
Arabic alphabet → usedFor → Wolof ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wolof language (Ajami)
Atlantic–Congo languages → includesLanguage → Wolof ⓘ
Pulaar → hasLexicalInfluenceFrom → Wolof ⓘ
Wolof Empire → ethnicBasis → Wolof ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wolof people
Wolof Empire → language → Wolof ⓘ
Gambian Muslims → language → Wolof ⓘ
Dakar Region → languageWidelySpoken → Wolof ⓘ
Cap-Vert Peninsula → languageMajority → Wolof ⓘ
Cheikh Anta Diop University → languageOfInstruction → Wolof ⓘ
Saint-Louis → localLanguage → Wolof ⓘ
VOA Africa → languageOfBroadcast → Wolof ⓘ
Casamance Creole → influencedBy → Wolof ⓘ
Casamance Creole → contactLanguageWith → Wolof ⓘ
Casamance → hasLanguage → Wolof ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wolof language
Serer language → influencedBy → Wolof ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wolof language
wol → denotes → Wolof ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wolof language
wol → hasNativeName → Wolof ⓘ
subject surface form: Wolof language
Centre de linguistique appliquée de Dakar → focusesOn → Wolof ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wolof language
Centre de linguistique appliquée de Dakar → languageOfWork → Wolof ⓘ
Upper Guinea Creoles → influencedBy → Wolof ⓘ
Serer → influencedBy → Wolof ⓘ
Ousmane Sembène → languageOfWorkOrName → Wolof ⓘ
Youssou N’Dour → languageOfPerformance → Wolof ⓘ
Ajami script → usedFor → Wolof ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wolof language
Hassaniya Arabic → influencedBy → Wolof ⓘ
Serekunda → primaryLanguageSpoken → Wolof ⓘ
Atlantic languages → majorLanguage → Wolof ⓘ
Atlantic languages → hasNotableLanguage → Wolof ⓘ
West Africans → speaksLanguage → Wolof ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wolof language
Senegambian languages → hasNotableLanguage → Wolof ⓘ
Ajami → usedToWriteLanguage → Wolof ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wolof language
Ajami → hasVariant → Wolof ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wolofal
Senegambia → includesLanguage → Wolof ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wolof language
Buurba Jolof → languageOfName → Wolof ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wolof language
Baol → languageUsed → Wolof ⓘ
Ndiadiane Ndiaye → ethnicAssociation → Wolof ⓘ
Ndiadiane Ndiaye → languageContext → Wolof ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wolof language
Rufisque → languageSpoken → Wolof ⓘ
Portudal → hasLanguageContext → Wolof ⓘ