Wollof - English Dictionary

[Pages:36]Wollof - English Dictionary

prepared by

Peace Corps The Gambia PO Box 582 Banjul The Gambia

tel: 220 392120 1995

PRONOUNCIATION GUIDE The wolof pronunciation system is relatively simple. Every symbol stands for only one sound, that is every symbol is pronounced the same way in every word.

The distinction between short and long vowels is very important, because it is sometimes the only way to distinguish pairs of words which have different meanings. Long vowels are always doubled, while short vowels are not.

There is a lot of prenalization in wolof. There usually occur with nasals such as m, n, etc...

VOWELS As indicated, wolof vowels are either long or short. A long vowel is indicated a doubling of the symbol, and it must be pronounced a little longer than a short vowel (which is not doubled). Long and short vowels can occur anywhere in the word.

Vowel a aa e ee ? ?? ? i ii o ? oo ?? u uu

Nearest English Equivalent absorb far get where say sane bird in, pit meet moment no door phone cook moon

Wolof Examples banta, tapa, santa laaj, naaj, caabi dem, lem, gerte seet, leel b?s w??r, r??r k?r, d?g?r nit, simiis, timis siis, lii, kii xob, romba n?b, s?f loo, soo g??r, f??t nuyu, ubi tuuru, yuuxu

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