Atlantic-Congo · West Africa

Wolof

Not endangered

Wolof is documented so far only to the level of long grammar.

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FamilyAtlantic-Congo
StatusNot endangered
DocumentationLong grammar
ISO 639-3wol
Glottocodenucl1347

Spoken in Gambia · Guinea-Bissau · Mali · Mauritania · Senegal

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Closest relatives

Languages sharing the deepest branch of Atlantic-Congo's family tree with Wolof.

  1. Gambian Wolof

    Not endangered
    Long grammar

  2. Lebu Wolof

    Threatened
    Grammar sketch

  3. Bainouk-Gunyaamolo-Gutobor

    Shifting
    Long grammar

  4. Bainounk-Gujaher

    Threatened
    Long grammar

  5. Gubeeher-Gufangor-Gubelor

    Shifting
    Grammar sketch

  6. Kasanga

    Nearly extinct
    Grammar

  7. Kobiana

    Shifting
    Grammar sketch

  8. Northeast Bainounk

    Extinct
    Wordlist or less

Reference data for Wolof from Glottolog 5.2.1, licensed CC-BY-4.0. Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Bank, Sebastian. 2025. Glottolog 5.2.1. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. (Available online at https://glottolog.org)