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A language of
Senegal
Location
Widespread.
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Canada
Language Name
Wolof
User Population
3,990 in Canada (2016 census).
Language Status
Unestablished.
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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France
Language Name
Wolof
User Population
35,000 in France (2015 J. Leclerc).
Language Status
Unestablished.
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Mauritania
Language Name
Wolof
User Population
19,300 in Mauritania (2017), increasing.
Location
Brakna and Trarza regions.
Alternate Names
Ouolof, Volof, Walaf, Yallof
Dialects
Baol, Cayor, Dyolof (Djolof, Jolof), Lebou, Ndyanger.
Language Status
5 (Dispersed). Statutory language of national identity (1991, Constitution, Article 6).
Language Use
Trade. Used by all. Positive attitudes. All also use French [fra], as the language of education, media and government. Most also use Hassaniyya [mey], as the language of commerce and interethnic communication. Many also use Standard Arabic [arb], as the language of government, media, and religion (Ould Ahmed 2012).
Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: 50% in French
[fra]
.
Other Comments
Muslim.
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