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REPORT- 1847 * 
The WoIofF language was known to the authors of the Mithridales only 
through vocabularies, of which the chief were tliose of Barbot, Golberryand 
Verdun de la Crenne. The later data are as follows:— 
1. Granmaire Woloff. Par Dard. Paris, 1825. 
2. DicHonnaire l-’rangaise-Woloff. Par Dard. Paris, 1826. 
3. The WoIofF Glossary of Mrs. Kilham. 
4. The Woloff of the Senegal vocabularies. 
5. Ta^re Wa-loof, ta-re hno jn-ha. First lessons in Jolof. Tottenhani, 
The Jiecherches IVtHosophiques sur la langue Ouohff are only known to 
me through a reference of Monsieur D'Fichthal’s. 
The current opinions concerning tJie VV’oloff tongue that require notkf 
are,— 
1. Its relation to tlie language mentioned above under the name Sererts. 
For this see the remarks on tliat language. 
2. Its relations to other languages. The affinities of the Woloff by do 
means lie on the surface; and it lias consetjuently been dealt with as one of 
the most isolated tongues of Africa. 
The tables of the Niger vocabularies exhibit the W'oloff, the Manding^ 
the Howssa, the Fulah, the Fantec, the Yarribu, and the Ibo voc.abularies in 
juxtaposition. For the two letters, A and B, the whole amount of welds 
common to the Woloff and the other languages, consists of the followinS 
few 
English. 
■Woloff. 
Ab^e 
deukc 
Abundant 
athia 
Afraid 
Again 
disscio 
ti, tu 
Blaze 
talla 
Blind 
silmahha 
Body 
yarama 
Bow 
hhala 
Boy 
gore 
Brain 
yore 
Breast 
sinya 
Bread 
mburu 
Bulloch 
nage 
The Senegal vocabularies enlarge 
that the languages here compared ar 
the Woloff; which was not the case 
tables. 
English wing. 
Woloff sabole. 
Fulah sabouU. 
Mandingo, &c. &c. 
duga, liambarra. 
assiata, Mandingo, 
slra*, Eamltarra. 
tiiug, Mandingo. 
diri, Fantec, 
sal la, FvUik 
farefj Bamharra. 
kala, Mandingo. 
yarro, Howssa. 
gore, ori—head, Fulah. 
sonja, Mandingo. 
bum, Fulah. 
nage, Fulah, 
bis list. It must however be remarkedi 
all in geographical juxtaposition with 
vith I'antee, Yarribaand Iboofthela- 
English white. 
Woloff oneke. 
Mandingo coue. 
English 
bow. 
Woloff 
kala. 
Mandingo 
halanmbegni. 
English 
beard. 
Woloff 
sikim. 
SaracoleJ 
seinke. 
English 
Woloff 
Mandingo 
Fulah 
Sereres 
white man. 
touhabe. 
toubabc. 
ioubabe. 
toubabe. 
Also soru in Howssa, earn, Fantee. That the rfw- is not radical is shown by the 
‘V Bainbarra, and asilla/a in the Mamliogo = alarm. 
T Also 4ra in Yarriba. j Or SerawoolU. 
