Additionally, there are fewer than 3 percent of people in The Gambia who speak English, even though English is an official language and there’s a busy tourism industry there.

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The Gambia, also commonly known as Gambia, is a country in West Africa. In Gambia they speak French because the French people to over their country. It is surrounded by Senegal, apart from a short strip of Atlantic coastline at its western end.

The Wolof people (UK: /ˈwoʊlɒf/) are a West African ethnic group found in northwestern Senegal, the Gambia, and southwestern coastal Mauritania. In Senegal, the Wolof are the largest ethnic group (~43.3%), while elsewhere they are a minority.

Most Wolof are Muslim, and it was most often the case that Wolof leaders converted to Islam first, before the religion spread to the less powerful members of society. Mauretanian teachers brought Islam to Wolof rulers as long ago as the 15th century.

The Mandinka language (Mandi’nka kango) or Mandingo, is a Mande language spoken by the Mandinka people of Guinea, northern Guinea-Bissau, the Casamance region of Senegal, and in The Gambia where it is one of the principal languages.

Wolof speaking countries Wolof is the official language in Senegal and is spoken in 2 more countries as monther tongue by a part of the population. With a share of around 43%, it is most widespread in Senegal. A total of about 7.8 m people worldwide speak Wolof as their mother tongue.

Wolof, also spelled Ouolof, a Muslim people of Senegal and The Gambia who speak the Wolof language of the Atlantic branch of the Niger-Congo language family.

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