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Re: Re: "No", said Dikoo

Opposite to Senegal, where 80% of the people can speak wolof, there is no lingua franca in The Gambia. English is the official langage, but only people, who attended school can speak it more or less, depending on how long they went to school.

I have no knowledge of the other languages, but Wolof and Mandinka have no similarities, so one can not be used to learn the other one.

Re: "No", said Dikoo

just going off at a tangeant, thankyou jo for repeating the highwayman. i hadn't heard that poem in years and the years slipped away as i read it again

Re: Re: "No", said Dikoo

Watchout for ostlers though!!