An accessible look at the Wolof language, from Senegal in West Africa, which has a unique pronoun system where pronouns do much of the work more usually done by verb tenses and moods.
00:00 Intro
00:31 Language family and demographics
00:59 Personal pronouns
02:04 Example sentences
03:04 Focus
03:49 Example sentences
04:47 Pronunciation
Many thanks to Awa, an excellent Wolof teacher and fellow polyglot, for her help.
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Languages of Africa User:SUM1, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Senegal in the world Flappiefh, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Wolof map Mikima, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons