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WOLOF [2 records]

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Record 1 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anthropology
DEF

a people of the western Sudan near the mouth of the Senegal and Gambia rivers who are among the most deeply pigmented of Africans.

CONT

Senegal's population has a complex ethnic pattern consisting of several major groups and numerous smaller ones. The Wolof comprise about 36% of the population; (...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anthropologie
CONT

Les Sérères (Serer) et les Ouolofs (Wolof) sont les deux groupes ethniques les plus importants du Sénégal. (...) Les Ouolofs (environ 750 000) occupent le nord-ouest du Sénégal et entourent, à l'est et au sud, le pays sérère.

CONT

La composition ethnique se répartit comme suit: Ouolofs 36 p. 100, Peuls 17 p. 100, Sérères 16,5 p. 100 [etc.]

Spanish

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Record 2 1996-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
DEF

A language of the West Atlantic branch of the Niger-Congo family spoken by the Wolof, a people living in Senegal and the Gambia.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
DEF

Langue nigéro-congolaise du groupe atlantique occidental parlée par les Ouolof, groupe ethnique vivant au Sénégal et en Gambie; elle sert de langue commerciale dans toute la région côtière.

Spanish

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