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Wolof is an African language spoken in Senegal (about 80% of the population of which about 40% as native language), Gambia and Mauritania.

General:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolof_language
• https://wo.wikipedia.org

Cultural notes:

• http://www.au-senegal.com/lexique-senegalais-wolof-diola,054.html?lang=fr

Facebook:

• https://www.facebook.com/groups/akaademiwolof/932435620199877/?ref=notif&notif_t=group_activity&notif_id=1469628762046020
• @Akenima, Modern Wolof

Teachers:

• http://www.abibitumikasa.com/classes-online-c-41_4/intensive-intro-conversational-wolof-class-online-ongoing-p-28?zenid=6405c322d04337b53766b683b90e2a61

See also

• famille (wolof)
• présentation (wolof)
• humeur (wolof) (+ état de santé, émotions)

General websites

• http://wolofi.com/
• https://jangawolof.wordpress.com/
• http://afroweb.chez.com/wolof.htm
• http://www.wolofonline.com/
• Xamxam, Wolof : Liens utiles
• Columbia University Libraries, African Studies, Wolof Language on the Internet
• Columbia University Libraries, African Studies, Wolof Language Acquisitions at Columbia University Libraries

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Books:

• http://fr.assimil.com/methodes/wolof
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cmf79D09Wk Review by La Polyglotte
• http://www.secret-afrique.com/category/apprendre-le-wolof/ J'appends le wolof

e-Books:

• https://www.livelingua.com/project/peace-corps/Wolof/

Bilingual texts

• http://jangileen.kalam-alami.net/texts

Learning networks:

• http://classic.italki.com/partners#learn=all&speak=french&country=SN&page=1

Media

• http://www.xibaaryi.com/

Youtube classes:

• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw5Meff0YUS6cPzuLOJS-Sg Language Lab

Thesis

• Matar Thiam FALL, Gilles FORLOT (director), Loïc PERRIN (co-director), Pour une grammaire didactique du wolof : fondements linguistiques, principes méthodologiques et propositions de contenus d'enseignement, started in 2015

Other web resources:

• Svensk(swedish)/Wollof/Engelsk(english) -ordlista (dictionary), 1997?

Basics

• Au-Senegal.com, Un petit lexique de base : le vocabulaire de tous les jours au Sénégal

• http://www.friendsofguinea.org/staging/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/fog_-_wolof_phrases.pdf

Books and e-books

Grammars

• Peace Corps/The Gambia, Wlof Grammar Manual, 1995
• Jean Dard, Grammaire Wolof, 2012
• Pathé Diagne, Grammaire de wolof moderne, 1971
• Jean Léopold Diouf,Grammaire du wolof contemporain, 2009
• Njie, Description syntaxique du wolof de Gambie, 1982
• Loïc-Michel Perrin, L’expression du temps en wolof – langue atlantique parlée au Sénégal, 2012
• Amar Samb, Initiation a La Grammaire Wolof, 1983

Advanced level in linguistics:

• Martina Martinović, Information structure of copular sentences in Wolof

Dictionaries

• Dictionnaire Wolof de Poche: Wolof-Français, Français-Wolof
• Kasahorow,Dictionnaire Wolof Moderne: Wolof-Français, Français-Wolof
• Kasahorow,Dictionnaire Junior Wolof: Wolof-Français Illustré, Français-Wolof, 2014
• Kasahorow,Kasahorow,Wolof Learner's Dictionary: Wolof-English, English-Wolof (kasahorow English Wolof) , 2014
• Kasahorow,My First Wolof Dictionary: Colour and Learn), 2013
• Kasahorow,Mon Premier Dictionnaire Wolof: Colorier et Apprendre, 2013
• Jean-Léopold Diouf, Dictionnaire bilingue wolof-français, 2003
• Mamadou Cissé, Dictionnaire français-wolof, 2004
• Peace Corps/The Gambia, Wollof - English Dictionary, 1995

E-dictionaries

• Peace Corps The Gambia, Wollof - English Dictionary, 1995

Learning methods

• https://www.livelingua.com/course/peace-corps/Wolof_Trainee_Manual_with_Extras
• https://www.livelingua.com/project/peace-corps/Wolof/
• Michel Malherbe, Babacar Sall, Parlons wolof, L'Harmattan
• kasahorow, Mes Premiers Chiffres Wolof: Colorier et Apprendre 1 2 3, 2016
• Assimil, Guide de conversation wolof, 2014
• DIOUF Jean-Léopold, YAGUELLO Marina, J'apprends le wolof (livre + CD audio), 2012
• L'Harmattan, Guide de conversation français-wolof, 2000
• Assane Diop, Wolof Language: The Wolof Phrasebook and Dictionary, 2017
• PEACE CORPS SENEGAL, AAY NAA CI WOLOF!TRAINEE WOLOF MANUALAAY NAA CI WOLOF! TRAINEE WOLOF MANUAL, 2012

Bilingual texts

• Mamadou Cisse, Contes wolof modernes: Bilingue wolof-français, 1994

Misc.

• Adjaratou Oumar Sall , Vies quotidiennes à Dakar (Sénégal) / Everyday Life in Dakar (Senegal) / Nettaliy dundin ci Ndakaaru, bis bu nekk - Textes documentaires en wolof, français et anglais / Documentary Texts in Wolof, French and English, 2010
• Karine Abdel Malek, Proverbes et dictons wolof, 2014, 13€

Digital

• Eurotalk, Talk Now wolof
  • FinnishPractice, A Review on Eurotalk
• eBook-it
  • eBook-it, Alagie Joof, Learn Wolof (audiobook)
  • Youtube, Learn Wolof sample, January 28, 2016
  • Amazon, Learn Wolof: Alagie Joof

Audio and videos

Basics:

• http://www.17-minute-world-languages.com/es/w%C3%B3lof/

Greetings:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCI_P2XDfLw

Classes for Senegalese children:

• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChwFEClcMUiVPkOflIDzYp

Channels

• https://www.youtube.com/user/jooreal Senepeople.TV
• https://www.youtube.com/user/rtssn/playlists RTS - Radiodiffusion Télévision Sénégalaise (Officiel)
• https://www.youtube.com/user/senegaltv/videos Senegal TV

News

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0Iyi2_ErWU&index=1&list=PLOfgW7qDCTTeZmkwXSViY8bVgqtgrTkix Other bulletin available on RTS, but does not seem to have been refreshed recently (as of May 2016)

Theatre

• http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x3emiq_AFRICAFILMStv_theatre-senegalais-en-wolof/1#video=x2ctuig
• http://www.dailymotion.com/AFRICAFILMStv
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwFef4PPmpU Un toubab tombe amoureux de la bonne

Series

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cIZOLUJ-BM speaking in French/Wolof
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhIZ58KDv6g Dinama Nekh

Music:

• Youssou Ndour, That is love with translation

Vocabulary

General

• Peace Corps Mauritania, Wolof lessons

Numbers

• https://fr-fr.facebook.com/notes/fier-d%C3%AAtre-s%C3%A9n%C3%A9galais/les-nombres-en-wolof-comment-compter-en-wolof/147175415323587/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyfQKDD-BYQ

Shopping

• https://jangawolof.wordpress.com/2012/05/22/wolof-phrases-at-the-market/

Misc.

• Xamxam, LEXIQUE SCIENTIFIQUE WOLOF TRADUCTION DE CONCEPTS SCIENTIFIQUES

Phonetics

• http://archive.phonetics.ucla.edu/Language/WOL/wol.html UCLA

Websites about Wolof

• Wikitravel, Wolof phrasebook
• Apprendre le wolof - learn wolof language

Music

Singers

• Viviane Chidid
• Youssou Ndour
  • https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoK48xH4luB0UFOb_Okqw6w official Youtube channel

Music:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBJ_F5ojkg8 STATOZ - Top 10: Most popular WOLOF songs on youtube

Rafa:

• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiGjeWv3vKZl0MSKuLawsFA Youtube Channel
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffFt9vzMPOg Rethiou
• https://www.facebook.com/rafa.boukan.production
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Jz73vzhEu0

Youssou Ndour

• Xale Bi"
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ug8zrlPhfk
  • http://www.paroles-musique.com/eng/lyrics-Youssou_Ndour-Xale_Bi-translation,t167209
  • http://jangileen.kalam-alami.net/texts/xale_bi

Social networks

• https://twitter.com/hashtag/wolof?src=hash #wolof

Twitter

• https://twitter.com/JangaWolof

Fun

• Teeburon save the planet learn Wolof le pack de 4 autocollants
• WHAAAT? Don't you speak Wolof? Tote Bag
• Idakoos, save the planet learn Wolof Tote Bag

Misc.

• Au-Senegal.com, Proverbes, sentences et maximes wolof

See also

• Senegal