Kiwolofu

Maeneo ya Kiwolofu.

Kiwolofu kinavyosikika.

Kiwolofunilughaiongewayo nchiniSenegal,Gambia,naMauritania.Lahajaza Kiwolofu zinaweza kufanana sana kati ya nchi hizo, zikiwa sambamba kabisa kitabia na hata kuongelewa kieneo.

Lugha hiyo ipo kama lugha jirani yaKifulainayohesabiwa kati yalugha za Kisenegambiaya familia yaLugha za Kiniger-Kongo.

Ni lugha hasa yaWawolofu,lakini nchini Senegal haizungumzwi na Wawolofu tu, bali hata Wasenegal wengine huzumgumza lugha hiyo; hivyo karibuniasilimia40 ya wakazi wake huizungumza kamalugha mama.

Idadiya wasemaji kama lugha mama ni takribanmilioni3.2 na karibu idadi ileile hutumia Kiwolofu kamalugha ya pili.

Kuna lahaja mbalimbali kama vile "Dakar-Wolof".Dakarnimjiwenye watu mchanganyiko, yaani kuna waongeaji wa Kiwolofu,Kifaransa,Kiarabu,na hataKiingerezahuzungumzwa kidogo katika mji huo ambao uko nchini Senegal; hivyo Kiwolofu chao ni cha mchanganyiko.

Maeneo mengine ya Kiwolofu ni kama vile:

• Loukala
• Saint Louis
• Casamanca
• Banjul
• Nouakchott

Viungo vya nje

• Wolof Language ResourcesArchived2 Juni 2008 at theWayback Machine.
• makala za OLAC kuhusu Kiwolofu
• lugha ya Kiwolofu katika Glottolog
• Ethnologue Site on the Wolof Language
• Kiwolofu katika tovuti ya Multitree
• An Annotated Guide to Learning the Wolof LanguageArchived4 Julai 2008 at theWayback Machine.
• Leipoldt's Wolof Language Project (in English)Archived27 Septemba 2007 at theWayback Machine.
• Leipoldt's Wolof Language Project (in German)Archived15 Mei 2007 at theWayback Machine.
• Yahoo group about Wolof (in English and German)
• Wolof Online
• Wolof English DictionaryArchived1 Machi 2010 at theWayback Machine.(this dictionary mixes Senagalese and Gambian variants without notice, and does not use a standard orthography)
• A French-Wolof-French dictionarypartially available at Google Books.
• FiricatArchived2 Mei 2006 at theWayback Machine.(an online Wolof to English translator; you can add your own words to this dictionary; refers almost exclusively to the Gambian variants and does not use a standard orthography)
• PanAfrican L10n page on Wolof
• OSAD spécialisée dans l’éducation non formelle et l’édition des ouvrages en langues nationalesArchived13 Mei 2008 at theWayback Machine.
• JangaWolof.wordpress(A blog about the Wolof language and culture)

Makala hii kuhusu mambo yalughabado nimbegu. Je, unajua kitu kuhusuKiwolofukama historia yake, uenezi au maendeleo yake? Labda unaona habari katika Wikipedia ya Kiingereza au lugha nyingine zinazofaa kutafsiriwa? Basi unaweza kuisaidia Wikipedia kwakuihariri na kuongeza habari.