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Wolof is a language of Senegal, the Gambia and Mauritania, and the native language of the Wolof people. | Wolof is a language of Senegal, the Gambia and Mauritania, and the native language of the Wolof people. | ||
Unlike most other languages of the Niger-Congo family, Wolof is not a tonal language. | Unlike most other languages of the Niger-Congo family, Wolof is not a tonal language. |
Revision as of 21:30, 3 December 2020
Wolof is a language of Senegal, the Gambia and Mauritania, and the native language of the Wolof people.
Unlike most other languages of the Niger-Congo family, Wolof is not a tonal language.
Here is how to write and pronounce the alphabet:
Letter | A a | B b | C c | D d | E e | Ë ë | F f | G g | I i | J j | K k | L l | M m | N n | Ñ ñ | Ŋ ŋ | O o | P p | Q q | R r | S s | T t | U u | W w | X x | Y y |
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IPA | ɐ | b | c | d | ɛ | ə | f | g | i | ɟ | k | i | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ɔ | p | q | r | s | t | u | w | x~χ | j |
Digraph | aa | bb | cc | dd | ee | ée | ëe | gg | ii | jj | kk | ll | mb | mm | nc | nd | ng | nj | nk | nn | nq | nt | ññ | ŋŋ | oo | pp | rr | tt | uu | ww | yy |
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IPA | aː | bː | cːʰ | dː | ɛː | eː | əː | gː | iː | ɟːʰ | kː/kːʰ | lː/ɫː | m̩b | mː | ɲc | n̩d | ŋ̩g | ɲɟ | ŋ̩k | nː | ɴq | n̩t | ɲː | ŋː | oː | pː/pːʰ | rː | tː/tːʰ | uː | wː | jː |