Nanga def!
say it: “NAHN-gah def”
Wolof
in its own words: Wolof
- Speakers
- 10 million (estimate)
- Family
- Niger-Congo
- Vitality
- Safe
- Where it is spoken
- Republic of The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal
- Script
- Latin
- Official language
- Senegal (de facto)
Fun fact
Wolof is the main lingua franca of Senegal. The European word “banana” probably comes from Wolof or another West African language.