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Wolof

Hierdie artikel handel oor die taal. Vir die etniese groep, sien Wolof (volk).
Wolof
Gepraat in: Vlag van Gambië Gambië
Vlag van Mauritanië Mauritanië
Vlag van Senegal Senegal 
Gebied: Wes-Afrika
Totale sprekers: 5,3 miljoen[1]
Taalfamilie: Niger-Kongo
 Atlanties-Kongo
  Senegambies
   Wolof-Nyun
    Wolof 
Skrifstelsel: Arabiese alfabet (Wolofal)
Latynse alfabet 
Amptelike status
Amptelike taal in: Vlag van Senegal Senegal (nasionale taal)
Gereguleer deur: CLAD (Centre de linguistique appliquée de Dakar)
Taalkodes
ISO 639-1: wo
ISO 639-2: wol
ISO 639-3: wol 
Verspreiding van Wolof

Wolof is 'n Niger-Kongo-taal in Wes-Afrika wat deur sowat 5,3 miljoen mense gepraat word. Dit word deur die Wolof-volk gepraat en is die belangrikste taal in Senegal, nog voor die amptelike taal Frans. Wolof is een van die nasionale tale van dié land.[2] Daarbenewens word Wolof in die aangrensende lande Gambië en Mauritanië gepraat.

Kaart van Europa met landsname in Wolof
'n Vrou uit Senegal gee 'n voorbeeld van Wolof

Wolof is die naaste verwant aan Fula en Serer. Afhangende van die gebied word Wolof met die Arabiese of die Latynse alfabet geskryf. Wolof vorm saam met ander tale die grondslag waaruit Haïtiaanse Kreools ontwikkel het.[3]

Verwysings

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  1. (en) "Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Seventeenth edition, Wolof". Ethnologue. Besoek op 28 April 2024.
  2. (en) "Senegal's Constitution of 2001 with Amendments through 2016" (PDF). Constitute Project. Besoek op 28 April 2024.
  3. (en) Bonenfant, Jacques L. (2011). "History of Haitian-Creole: From Pidgin to Lingua Franca and English Influence on the Language" (PDF). Review of Higher Education and Self-Learning. 3 (11). Geargiveer vanaf die oorspronklike (PDF) op 23 Maart 2015. Besoek op 23 Maart 2015.

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