Difference between revisions of "Wolof"

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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

Grammar

• http://www.africanculture.dk/gambia/ftp/wolfgram.pdf

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

Books and e-books

Dictionaries

• http://www.africanculture.dk/gambia/ftp/wollof.pdf

• 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,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

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

Vocabulary

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

Phonetics

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

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

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