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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] PP here: I meant that the population of most of those 29 countries has a lot of different dialects (Wolof, Soninke, Bambara etc...) so the language that ends up being spoken by most people in the country is French. Which makes it de facto the most useful language to know if you go to such a country. And no, there is a difference between a language and a dialect. The line is subject of debates between linguists and is certainly subjective, but when you have languages attached to certain ethnic groups, that have no written form, it is not a stretch to call them a dialect (although I wouldn't call Wolof a dialect for ex) [/quote] Wolof is a language -- as you say. Soninke is a language; what would it be a dialect of? Though there are presumably dialects of Soninke. Bambara is a language; what would it be a dialect of? Though there are presumably dialects of Bambara.[/quote]
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