Wolofとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• Wollof, Woloff
• Jolof, Jollof, Djolof
• Ouolof, Olof
• Volof

語源

From Wolof Wolof.

発音

• IPA: /ˈwɒlɒf/, /ˈwəʊlɒf/

固有名詞

Wolof

1. A West African people, mostly in Senegal.
2. The language traditionally spoken by those people.
   • 2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 221:

     ‘But come on: haven’t you learnt even a little bit of Wolof yet?’

3. (historical) The former realm of the Wolof, maintained from the 14th to the 19th centuries.

使用する際の注意点

The spelling Wolof is the most common in reference to the people and their language, but the variant spellings "Jolof" and "Jollof" are more common when used in reference to their former polity ("Jolof Empire" or "Kingdom") and a native rice dish ("jollof rice"), respectively.

名詞

Wolof (plural Wolofs or Wolof)

1. An individual member of the Wolof people.

参照

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code wo, ISO 639-3 code wol (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Wolof, wol ⁠, a macrolanguage including:

アナグラム

• Woolf