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The Gambia
The Gambia, officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa. Geographically, The Gambia is the List of African countries by area, smallest country in continental Africa; it is surrounded by Senegal on all sides except for ...
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Mandinka is spoken as a first language by 38% of the population,
Pulaar
Pulaar (in Latin script, Latin: , in Ajami script, Ajami: ), often referred to as Pulaar du Nord, is dialect of the Fula language spoken primarily as a first language by the Fula people, Fula and Toucouleur peoples in the Senegal River valley ar ...
by 21%,
Wolof by 18%,
Soninke by 9 percent,
Jola by 4.5 percent,
Serer by 2.4 percent,
Manjak and
Bainouk by 1.6 percent each,
Portuguese Creole by 1 percent, and
English by 0.5 percent. Smaller numbers speak several other languages.
Gambian Sign Language is used by the deaf.
English is the main language for official purposes and education.
Gambia.
''Ethnologue'' 24, 2021
See also
* Demographics of the Gambia
References
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