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Wolof people The Wolof people () 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. They refer to ...
, an ethnic group found in Senegal, Gambia, and Mauritania *
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 language, Serer and Fula language, Fula, it belongs to the Senegambian languages, Senegam ...
, a language spoken in Senegal, Gambia, and Mauritania * The Wolof or
Jolof Empire Jolof (french: Djolof or ') may refer to either of * Jolof Empire, a West African successor state to the Mali Empire in modern Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 井仆井內丐中五 (Senegaali); Arabic: 塈堻 ...
, a medieval West African successor of the Mali Empire from the 14th to 16th centuries in present-day Senegal * The Wolof or
Jolof Kingdom The Kingdom of Jolof ( ar, 堿), also known as Wolof and Wollof, was a West African rump state located in what is today the nation of Senegal. For nearly two hundred years, the Wolof rulers of the Jolof Empire collected tribute from vassal ...
, a rump survival of the earlier empire in the same area from the 16th to the 19th centuries {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages