Lebu Wolof (Lebou Oulof) is a language of
Senegal
Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. It borders Mauritania to Mauritania–Senegal border, the north, Mali to Mali–Senegal border, the east, Guinea t ...
that is closely related to, but not mutually intelligible with,
Wolof proper. The distinctiveness of the language was obscured by the fact that all
Lebu people are bilingual in Wolof.
[Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices] Lebu Wolof is the source of standard Wolof, the national language of Senegal.
[Falola, Toyin; Salm, Steven J. Urbanization and African cultures. Carolina Academic Press, 2005. . p 280][Ngom, Fallou. Wolof. Lincom, 2003. . p 2]
References
Lebu language
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