Wolof is a Niger-Congo language spoken by the Wolof people in the West African subregion of Senegambia, split between Senegal, the Gambia and Mauritania. Unlike most other languages of its family, Wolof is not a tonal language.
Facts
ISO 639-3 Code Speaker Count2022-2023 estimate, first-language (L1) speakers. StatusWikipedia article on Wolof: a currently spoken living language with an active native-speaker population; checked 2026-09-27. Connections
Written In
Wolof is standardly written in the Latin alphabet today (historically also in Arabic-derived Wolofal script).
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Africa, found in there.
- Also in Society and Culture Atlas: Wolof, cases where used there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Wolof Language
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Wolof is a Niger-Congo language spoken by the Wolof people in much of the West African subregion of Senegambia that is split between the countries of Senegal, the Gambia and Mauritania. Like the neighbouring languages Serer and Fula, it belongs to the Senegambian branch of the Niger-Congo language family. Unlike most other languages of its family, Wolof is not a tonal language.
Infobox, ISO 639-3
wol
Infobox, Speakers
L1: 8.2 million (2022-2023)
Infobox, Region
Senegambia
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