Difference between revisions of "Language/Wolof/Pronunciation/Alphabet-and-Pronunciation"

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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
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
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

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 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.
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 Here is how to write and pronounce the alphabet:
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