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Wollof diccionari
This document provides a pronunciation guide and dictionary for the Wollof language. It was prepared by the Peace Corps in The Gambia and contains entries for Wollof words along with their nearest English equivalent and Wollof language examples. The guide explains that Wollof has relatively simple pronunciation rules with each symbol representing only one sound. It distinguishes between short and long vowels, which is important for distinguishing word meanings. The document also provides tables of Wollof vowels and consonants.
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Wollof diccionari
- 1. Wollof - EnglishDictionary prepared by Peace Corps The Gambia PO Box 582 Banjul The Gambia tel: 220 392120 1995
- 2. PRONOUNCIATION GUIDE The wolofpronunciation 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 é éé ë i ii o ó oo óó u uu CONSONANTS E F G I J M N O P Q x S U V W Z [ Nearest English Equivalent Wolof Examples absorb far get where say sane bird in, pit meet moment no door phone cook moon banta, tapa, santa laaj, naaj, caabi dem, lem, gerte seet, leel bés wéér, réér kër, dëgër nit, simiis, timis siis, lii, kii xob, romba nób, sóf loo, soo góór, fóót nuyu, ubi tuuru, yuuxu ER FKLQFKXUFK GRJ ILUH JRRG MRE FRRO ODQG PRRQ QRE RQLRQQ
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