Wolof

[ woh-lof ]

noun

1. a language of Senegal, a Niger-Congo language closely related to Fulani.

Wolof

/ ˈwɒlɒf /

noun

1. -of-ofs a member of a Negroid people of W Africa living chiefly in Senegal
2. the language of this people, belonging to the West Atlantic branch of the Niger-Congo family

Example Sentences

Dozens of immigrants listened to proceedings on headsets with access to simultaneous translations in Wolof, Haitian Creole, Arabic, French, Fula and Bambara.

From Seattle Times

One TikTok user, who goes by the name Ngo Keĩta, plays the role of a popular agony aunt, posting clips in Wolof, the language spoken most widely in Senegal.

From Seattle Times

Ncula didn’t speak Wolof, Senegal’s most widely spoken language, which most of the men on the boat used to converse.

From Seattle Times

It began in the ancient Wolof Empire, the first society in Africa to establish trade with European powers in the 1400s.

From Washington Times

The Wolof woman to whom the name belongs is a larger-than-life character in French Senegalese writer David Diop’s novel “Beyond the Door of No Return,” inspired by Adanson’s life.

From Seattle Times