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Diop (basketballer)
Diop (Wolof: ), uncommonly spelled Dioup, is a popular Wolof surname in Senegal and Gambia (where it is commonly written "Jobe"), and may refer to: * Aïda Diop (born 1970), Senegalese sprinter * Alioune Diop (1910-1980) Senegalese writer and editor, founder of the journal ''Présence africaine'' * Alice Diop (born 1979), French filmmaker * Aminata Diop (born circa 1968), Malian woman who fled to France to escape a female genital mutilation procedure * Binta Zahra Diop (born 1990), Senegalese swimmer * Birago Diop (1906–1989), Senegalese poet and diplomat * Boubacar Boris Diop (born 1946), Senegalese writer and journalist * Cheikh Anta Diop (1923–1986), Senegalese historian, anthropologist, physicist and politician * David Diop (1927–1960), poet * David Diop (born 1966), French novelist * DeSagana Diop (born 1982), Senegalese basketballer * Djibril Diop Mambéty (1945–1998), Senegalese film director * Issa Diop (other), several people * Khoudia Diop (born 1996), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolof Language
Wolof (; Wolofal: ) is a language of Senegal, Mauritania, and the Gambia, and the native language of the Wolof people. Like the neighbouring languages Serer and Fula, it belongs to the Senegambian branch of the Niger–Congo language family. Unlike most other languages of the Niger-Congo family, Wolof is not a tonal language. Wolof is the most widely spoken language in Senegal, spoken natively by the Wolof people (40% of the population) but also by most other Senegalese as a second language. Wolof dialects vary geographically and between rural and urban areas. The principal dialect of Dakar, for instance, is an urban mixture of Wolof, French, and Arabic. ''Wolof'' is the standard spelling and may also refer to the Wolof ethnicity or culture. Variants include the older French , , , Gambian Wolof, etc., which now typically refers either to the Jolof Empire or to jollof rice, a common West African rice dish. Now-archaic forms include ''Volof'' and ''Olof''. English is believed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
