a

o

e

ë

é

u

i

l

w

r

x

s

f

q

k

c

t

p

g

j

y

d

b

ng

mb

ŋ

ñ

n

m

Consonants

negative

clitic

enclitics

suffixes

ATR

Vowels

accent mark

é

geminate

aː

short

long

first syllable of words

vowels

à

orthographic

low vowel

pre-colonial era

North Africa

empires

Portuguese merchants

rulers

Walo

unified state

French colonial forces

1350 to 1890

culture

caste

medieval West African state

conquests

wars

15th-century onwards

Morocco

Mali

Ndyadyane Ndyaye

oral tradition

fell to the Muslim armies from Sudan

Jolof Empire

Sine

Walo

Saloum

autonomous states

Baol

Arab conquests of West Africa

Wolof ethnic group

8th-century stones

14th to the 19th centuries

Archeological artifacts

Wolof people

West African rice dish

Jolof

traditions

cultures

states

invented by Assane Faye 1961

pre-colonial period

transcription of Wolof

alphabet

Lebu speakers

English

French

Gambian Wolof

Senegalese

along the Senegal River

The Gambia’s largest town

the Gambian capital

official language of Senegal

ethnic groups in Senegal

Dakar

Senegal’s population

Wolof is spoken

partially sung in Wolof

Doomi Golo

Boubacar Boris Diop

translated into Wolof

temporal pronouns

ë

oo

ó

é

e

u

ii

i

j

y

l

w

r

r

x

x

s

f

q

k

c

t

p

g

d

b

ŋ

ñ

ñ

n

m

builder

sale

to be the guest of a host

expression of pity

massage

otherwise

to be wide

money

red-fronted gazelle

westerner

sock

cleanse

sewing needle

hurt

life here below

answer to name

burn

hot pepper

give

arrive

tie

nothing

rice

clay

to miss each other

to open

to smell

neck

get up

wipe clean

not wanting to share

courage

house

lean against

day

examine

to go

question

last name

ŋ

à

your

loch

war

stamp

sign

rat

cough

park

onion

not

moon

land

cool

jazz

good

fire

dog

chat

boy

Consonant

to look at

heart