Author: Janga Wolof
Wolof language resource.
Wolof Resources & Links
Digital Flashcards Wolof Suffixes & Prefixes Wolof Colors Wolof Fauna (Animals & Insects) Wolof Days of the Week Wolofized Arabic Wolof Affixes Bundle (flashcard set
Wolof Lexicon & Phrase Dictionary
Visit our new Wolof translator: JangaWolofTranslator.com. Lexicon: English to Wolof ♦ Wolof to English Phrase Dictionary: Wolof to English ♦ English to Wolof Lexicon English to Wolof action
Wolof Numbers, Time & Dates
Visit our new Wolof translator: JangaWolofTranslator.com. Days of the Week ♦ Months of the Year ♦ Hours of the Day ♦ Calendar Dates Temporal Constructs ♦ Example Phrases ♦ Units of
Wolof Pronunciation Guide
Vowels ♦ Consonants ♦ Prenasalized Consonants Vowels Grapheme English Equivalent Wolof Examples a absorb banta, tapa, santa aa far laaj, naaj, caabi e get dem, lem, gerte ee where seet, leel é say bés éé sane
Essential French & Wolof Phrases
Hello. Bonjour. Salaam aleekum. Goodbye. Au revoir. Mangi dem. Please. S’il vous plaît. Bu la neexee. Thank you. Merci. Jërejëf. You’re welcome. Je vous en
About Wolof & The Senegambia
Visit our new Wolof translator: JangaWolofTranslator.com. Wolof ♦ Wolof Language ♦ Wolof People ♦ Senegal ♦ The Gambia Wolof From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (All links open to Wikipedia) Wolof or Wollof may
Gambia: The Formidable Baye Janha – An Incredible Guitar Legend
Visit our new Wolof translator: JangaWolofTranslator.com. Baye Janha plays the guitar like the ancient Khalam of the Wolof tribe of the Senegambia region and the Ganawa
Baay Bia – Liy Am Amna [Official Video w/Subtitles]
World-renowned Senegalese griot, singer, poet and emcee Baay Bia linked up with Nomadic Wax in 2007 on his first trip to the United States. Since
Wolof Language – Wikipedia
Visit our new Wolof translator: JangaWolofTranslator.com. Wolof is a language of Senegal, The Gambia, and Mauritania, and the native language of the Wolof people. Like the neighbouring languages Serer and Fula, it belongs to
Basic Wolof Phrases
Visit our new Wolof translator: JangaWolofTranslator.com. See original list here: Some Essential Wolof Phrases For help with pronunciation see: Pronunciation Guide ↓ scroll down for more
Wolof Alphabet
Visit our new Wolof translator: JangaWolofTranslator.com. Latin alphabet for Wolof http://www.omniglot.com/writing/wolof.htm Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ëë Ff Gg Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Ññ
Traduction Wolof
Visit our new Wolof translator: JangaWolofTranslator.com. Dictionaries, translation and language resources http://www.lexicool.com/dictionaries_wolof.asp English-Wolof English Wolof Dictionary – 1995 (EN<->WO), Swedish/Wolof/English Dictionary (SV>WO-EN), Universal Declaration of Human
Traduction Francais Wolof
Visit our new Wolof translator: JangaWolofTranslator.com. Basic Wolof glossary in French. Un petit lexique de base http://www.au-senegal.com/Lexique-senegalais-francais-wolof.html?lang=fr Certaines choses difficiles à traduire Way : synonyme de copain, pote,
Traduction En Wolof
Visit our new Wolof translator: JangaWolofTranslator.com. Wolof audio translation of an Islamic speech. AUDIOS – Traduction en Wolof du « Wassilatoul Mouna ou Tayssir » de
Learn Wolof
STUDY WOLOF ONLINE http://languagelearningsystem.com/learn-wolof-language/ Wolof Video Course 5 Video lessons/chapters are available for free. The site is funded by a grant and they are looking
Learning Wolof Language
An Annotated Guide to Learning the Wolof Language http://wolofresources.org/language/wolof_language_guide.htm So you would like to learn Wolof? This site offers links to a whole lot of
Learning Wolof
Learn Wolof Online: Can you say thank-you? When Aaron asked in his post for “Words English needs but doesn’t have,” I thought of a Wolof
Français Wolof
Visit our new Wolof translator: JangaWolofTranslator.com. French to Wolof dictionary. Pàcc bi dajale baati wu-fraas yees tekki ci Wolof
Francais Wolof
Visit our new Wolof translator: JangaWolofTranslator.com. Wolof resources in French. Dictionnaire wolof http://www.lexilogos.com/wolof_dictionnaire.htm Wolof Dictionnaire Dictionnaire wolof-français & français-wolof (extraits) par Jean-Léopold Diouf (2003) dictionnaire wolof > français
English Wolof Dictionary
Visit our new Wolof translator: JangaWolofTranslator.com. Wollof – English Dictionary Click to access wollof.pdf
English To Wolof Translation Online
Visit our new Wolof translator: JangaWolofTranslator.com. FREELANG Wolof-English and English-Wolof online dictionary http://www.freelang.net/online/wolof.php
Apprendre Le Wolof
Visit our new Wolof translator: JangaWolofTranslator.com. Online Wolof course in French. Cours De Wolof http://www.senegalaisement.com/senegal/wolof.html Vous pouvez en plus des leçons télécharger le dictionnaire Freelang. Il vous
Annoying Things About Senegal
A fellow blogger describes the things that annoy her about the country she loves… annoying things about senegal
Youssou Ndour – “C’est L’amour” w/English Subtitles
Youssou Ndour – “C’est L’amour“
Wolof Phrases: “am”
am – to be, exist, to have; a/an; imperative; or Ndëmm amul. – He said that witchcraft does not exist. Am na ñetti doom.
Pulaar Phrases: Essentials
Visit our new Wolof translator: JangaWolofTranslator.com. Hello. – No ngoolu daa. Goodbye. – Ñalleen e jamm. Please. – Njaafodaa. Thank you. – A jaaraamah. You’re welcome.
Wolof Vocabulary: Meat
Visit our new Wolof translator: JangaWolofTranslator.com. beef – yarpe-nack chicken – yarpe-ganarre goat – yarpe-baiy hamburger – hamburger lamb – yarpe-harre meat – yarpa pork –
Wolof Grammar: Conjunctions
Visit our new Wolof translator: JangaWolofTranslator.com. The coordinating conjunctions in English are: and, but, or, yet, for, nor & so. In this post we will be
Wolof Religion: Islamic Terms
Asalaam alaikum. May peace be with you. (greeting) Malaikum salaam. And with you be peace. (reply to above) Allahu akbar. God is greater. (than
World Bank IDA – Senegal: Nutrition and Education
• 84 percent gross primary school enrollment rate in 2008, up from 67 percent in 2002 • 24 percent of children under age five reached
Senegalese Wrestling
Visit our new Wolof translator: JangaWolofTranslator.com. Laamb – la lutte sénégalaise Pro Wrestling, Senegal Style – NYTimes.com Senegalese wrestling (fr. Lutte sénégalaise, Njom in Serer language, Laamb in Wolof) is a type of Folk wrestling traditionally performed
Wolof Video w/English Subs – XALA
Xala It is the dawn of Senegal’s independence from France, and as Dakar citizens celebrate in the streets we soon become aware that only faces
Wolof Phrases: At The Market
How [much/many]? [Ñaata] la? How much are you [selling] this for? Ñaata ngay [jaaye] bii? How much is it? Ñaata lay [jar]? (lit. ‘how much
Learn Wolof Language
INTENSIVE INTRO CONVERSATIONAL WOLOF CLASS ONLINE http://www.abibitumikasa.com/wolof.html It appears that this class has already started but it also looks like they re-offer it regularly.
Pulaar Vocabulary: Anatomy
Visit our new Wolof translator: JangaWolofTranslator.com. abdomen – réédu (ndu); abdominal – ko faati e réédu ~ pain reedu muusooru. back – keeci (ki); ɓaawo (ngo); caggal (ngal).
Wolof Vocabulary: Pronouns
Visit our new Wolof translator: JangaWolofTranslator.com. I – maan me – ma my – suma mine – suma you – yow your – seen yours –
Wolof Grammar: Describing People and Things
Mouse over individual Wolof words for definitions. Naka la mel? – What is he/she/it like? This question can refer to both physical and
Wolof – Religion and Expressive Culture
A short document on the Wolof culture. I think this might apply more to rural regions as this is not exactly my experience in Senegal,
Nice little blog about translating children’s books from English to Wolof. Very fun.
Film en langue Wolof (English subtitles) avec Kadi Jolie
CONSEILS D’UNE TANTE A film in the Wolof language. With good humor, an aunt gives her teenage niece heart advice on men and their predatory
Wolof Phrases
Move cursor over words for translations. Gànnaar lañuy jënde dàkkaande ji di ko jaaysi fii. Ils achètent la gomme en Mauritanie pour la
Pulaar: Numbers
one – go-o two – didi three – tati four – nayi five – joyi six – jeego seven – jeedidi eight – jeetati nine
Wolof Grammar: Suffixes
-a : indicates distance from the speaker (usually on def. art.); fas wi – this horse here; fas wa – that horse there -aale :
Wolof Vocabulary
a – it is (cf. la); Yallaa ko def. – It is God who did it. [Yalla + a]; Omar a ko wax. – It
A Fellow Traveler’s Experience With Wolof In The Gambia
Ms. Stoeckle – The Gambia – Learning Wolof Before coming to The Gambia, I was under the impression that everyone would be able to speak
Bocande R.I.P.
Former Senegal star Bocande dies Bocande had been unwell for several months after suffering a stroke and died following a surgical procedure, according to the
Deweneti (Senegal 2006) Wolof With English Subtitles
Dakar, Senegal. Ousmane, not yet 7 years old but already earning his living by begging in the center of the capital city, gets it into
Wolof Phrases: Language Difficulties
Visit our new Wolof translator: JangaWolofTranslator.com. Do you speak English? Ndax dégg nga angale? Do you understand? Dégg nga? I understand. Dégg naa. I don’t understand.
Pulaar: Vocabulary
aplenty adj. keewdum; ko heewi. bind v. jokkondirde; habbude. casque n. kaske. dilate v. yuufde; yaajde. environment n. sara; saraaji. anande v. be jealous of. bonnitde v.
Wolof Grammar: Definite Article
Visit our new Wolof translator: JangaWolofTranslator.com. An article (abbreviated art.) is a word that combines with a noun to indicate the type of reference being made
Checking in…
I have some things in the works. Updates coming soon. Hold tight!
Google Ci Wolof – Facebook & Google Groups
Facebook: Google ci Wolof Google: Google ci Wolof
Movement to End Female Circumcisions
A movement in the African nation of Senegal is having a major impact in ending female genital cutting. A group called Tostan, which means “breakthrough” in Wolof, Senegal’s dominant
Janga Laaka English to Wolof & French Dictionary
I have just uploaded the Janga Laaka Wolof/English Dictionary. It’s available for a minimal charge. Why am I charging for this? Well, because I
Vendredi Française (French Friday); Vocabulary
The purpose of French Friday is to expand your language capabilities while in West Africa (specifically Senegal). Many Wolof speakers can also understand French
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Wolof w/Breakdown
Doomi aadama yépp danuy juddu, yam ci tawfeex ci sag ak sañ-sañ. Nekk na it ku xam dëgg te ànd na ak xelam, te
‘Lonely Planet Phrasebooks Africa’ Book Review
This book should be available at your local bookstore. Travel and outdoor stores also often carry Lonely Planet titles. If you prefer to do all
At the Restaurant (Ci Restoraan)
Wolof does not have a natural way to say “please”, but the phrases given here are all polite ways of asking for help or
Languages of Senegal: Hassaniyya
Hassaniyya (Klem El Bithan) is the variety of Arabic originally spoken by the Beni Hassan Bedouin tribes, who extend their authority over most of
Moom It Dina Ñow (Phrase Breakdown)
moom it dina ñow – he also will come moom – in this sence means ‘he/she‘ (emphatic form) but can also mean ‘to own‘. it/itam
Ferry Transportation – Phrases & Breakdown
Ferries cross every day from Banjul to Barra, and to Dakar, the capital of Senegal. The accomodations range from basic to luxury. Schedules vary,
Online Collaborative Dictionary
Firicat.com is different from other Wolof dictionaries because it’s not built by ‘experts’; instead it’s created by everyday users of the Wolof language (yes, including
Wolof Question Words w/Audio Pronunciation
Visit our new Wolof translator: JangaWolofTranslator.com. Wolof / English / French Kan? Who? Qui? Lan? What? Quoi? Ban? Which? Quel?
#WolofWednesday
Today is “Wolof Wednesday” on Twitter! The idea is for all of your tweets to be in Wolof to help promote the language and to
Vendredi Française (French Friday); Essential Phrases
Hello. Bonjour/Salut. pol/inf bon-zhoor/sa-lew Goodbye. Au revoir. o-rer-vwar (literally “To see again.”) Please. S’il vous plaît. seel voo play (literally
Languages of Senegal: Pulaar
Pulaar is a dialect of Fula, a major African language both in its geographical distribution and number of speakers. Fula is spoken in Western, Eastern
‘Say It In Wolof!’ Phrasebook Review
‘Say It In Wolof!‘ by Ababacar Gueye. Translated by Sue Hall. BSDA No. 8531150404 3rd Edition (English) – Also available in French. ©2005 As far
Follow JW On Twitter!
I just made a Twitter profile for Janga Wolof. The idea is to tweet (that’s the term right?) Wolof words & phrases…I would like to
Fallou Dieng at Fete de Marquette
I finally got around to posting Katie Krueger’s Fallou Dieng video! Ndank ndank 🙂 Read her blog about the concert here: http://katiekrueger.com/blog/2008/07/15/video-embedding-success/ While I was
Quick Reference
GREETINGS: GREETING RESPONSE WHEN USED salaam alaikum suh-lahm uh-lay-koom malaikum salaam muh-lay-koom suh-lahm greeting a group of people or entering one’s house nanga def nahn-guh
Wolof Number Conversion
How to convert English numbers to Wolof: (This only works for numbers 21 & higher and not for numbers evenly divided by 10.) Take the
All About Senegalese Money
In Senegal they use the franc CFA. But the traditional unit of currency is the dërëm which is counted by fives. Usually when dealing with
Tirailleur Sénégalais Day
Tirailleur Sénégalais (Senegalese Riflemen) were Senegalese soldiers who fought for France during the first half of the last century. Today is an official Senegalese holiday…for
Going to Senegal?
Customs & Duties – Some items are not allowed into the country without proper clearance by Senegalese customs officials. Although the list includes computers and
New Wolof Dictionary
Visit our new Wolof translator: JangaWolofTranslator.com. This looks like a great promising dictionary…the only thing is that it’s mostly all in French but on the other
Please note…
The Janga Wolof book through Lulu (the top link to the right) is currently unavailable. However if you click the cafepress link (the shirt under
Do me a favor…
If you happen to be in Senegal and you happen to catch a young lady with a “beauty” product known as lightening or whitening cream
What’s Her/His name? Dialog with Breakdown
Starsky: Kii naka la tudd? Hutch: Kii Vera Green la tudd. Hutch: Kii vera la tudd. Starski: Kii naka la sant? Hutch: Kii Green la
Who is This? Dialog with Breakdown
Beavis: Kii kan la? Butthead: Kii Tapha la. Butthead: Kii Mel la. Butthead: Kii Vera la. (Kii) kan la? Who is this person? (literally: (This
Would you like a fork with your fries?
Another cultural tidbit I noticed in Senegal was that although they ate traditional dishes such as rice or couscous with meat, vegetables and sauce with
Simple Greeting Dialog with Breakdown
Bert: Asalaa maalekum. Ernie: Maalekum salaam. Bert: Nanga def? Ernie: Mangi fii rekk. Bert: Ana waa ker ga? Ernie: Nunga fa. Bert: Alhamdulilaay! Asalaa maalekum
Some Pulaar Words 3
aaludere – kernel aawasaagal – roguishness bol – fish cuurki – reek durde – graze duurde – wrestle falanteere – window fawde – put irde
Mandinka Drumming & Singing in the Gambia
Visit our new Wolof translator: JangaWolofTranslator.com. Mandinka drumming and singing at a naming ceremony in Sukuta, The Gambia. More videos at http://www.onegambia.com.
Mind Your Manners
It is customary in Senegal to greet anyone you come into contact with. If you come across a group of people, enter a dwelling or
J’apprends le Wolof #3
Visit our new Wolof translator: JangaWolofTranslator.com. Translated from J’apprends le Wolof by Jean-Leopold Diouf et Marina Yaguello. This is the introduction to the book. Introduction 1.
Self Test – Can You Translate These Phrases? (A, 1-10)
These are from the book Junniy Leebuy Wolof by Mànsóor Xumma. Aat yaa ngi woy géwél yi. Ab jatang, loo bàcc bàcc mu xasawum saw.
Keep it on the D.L.
Apparently in Senegalese culture they tend to keep some things secret such as trips and births until just before the time. I am told it
About the ACI (Baobab Center) Language Program
Visit our new Wolof translator: JangaWolofTranslator.com. Africa Consultants International is a development-oriented consulting organization working in the fields of communication and training, primarily in Africa. Among
Some Pulaar Words 2
aade – person aan – you asde – dig baamuule – graveyard dursitaade – recite foonde – bush fuunti – wile gando – philosopher haaldude
Traditional Jola Dancing in Senegal
Visit our new Wolof translator: JangaWolofTranslator.com. This video shows traditional Jola body patting and dances by girls from Mlomp, Casamance region, Southern Senegal. It was recorded
