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Wolofal is a derivation of the Arabic script for writing the Wolof language. It is basically the name of a West African Ajami script as used for that language.

Wolofal was the first script for writing Wolof. Although the Latin alphabet is the official script of the language in today's Senegal, Wolofal is still used by many people as a symbol of Islamic Wolof culture.^{[citation needed]}

Wolof letters

Wolofal letters	Variants	Latin letters	Pronunciation
ب‎		b	[b]
ݒ‎	پ, ݑ‎	p	[p]
ج‎		j	[dʒ]
د‎		d	[d]
ه‎		h	[h]
و‎		w	[w]
خ‎		x	[x]
ي‎		y	[j]
ک‎		k	[k]
گ‎	ڭ‎	g	[ɡ]
ل‎		l	[l]
م‎		m	[m]
ن‎		n	[n]
ݧ‎	چ‎, جۛ‎	ñ	[ɲ]
ݝ‎	ݤ‎,ڭ‎	ŋ	[ŋ]
ف‎	ڢ‎	f	[ɸ]
ق‎		q	[q]
ر‎		r	[ɾ]
س‎		s	[s]
ت‎		t	[t]
ݖ‎	چ‎, جۛ‎	c	[c]

In the traditional, non-standardized orthography, a three-dot diacritic is added to د to represent /nd/; to ج to represent /c, ɲ, ɲɟ/; to ك to represent /ŋ, g, ŋg/; and to ب to represent /p, mb/.

The short vowel marks of Arabic are written systematically, but /a,ə/, /i,e,ɛ/ and /u,o,ɔ/ are not distinguished from one another.[1]

Bibliography

• Mamadou Cissé: « Graphical borrowing and African realities » in Revue du Musée National d'Ethnologie d'Osaka, Japan, June 2000.
• Mamadou Cissé: « Écrits et écritures en Afrique de l'Ouest » in Sud Langues June 2006.
• PanAfriL10n Wolof

На других языках

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- [en] Wolofal alphabet

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[ru] Волофал

Волофал — вариация арабской письменности для языка волоф. По сути это название письменности аджам, которая используется для языка волоф.

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