This section includes resources relevant to the following:
- learning how to read and write Gambian languages (for people who speak these languages already)
- learning Gambian languages as foreign/additional languages (for people who do not know these languages)
- accessing print and digital materials in Gambian languages
Some of the resources might capture slightly different varieties from those currently spoken in The Gambia but still be of use (e.g. Senegalese urban Wolof). The languages have been grouped following the above classification of Gambian languages (taken from Juffermans 2015).
The Gambia studies series (covers several languages) – Professor David Gamble
Fula Wolof Serer
Fula – English dictionary – David Gamble
Reading list on Fula (limited access)
Elementary Gambian Wolof grammar – David Gamble
Mandinka Serahule
Resources to learn the four major varieties of Manding
Mandinka grammar manual (Peace Corps)
English-Mandinka dictionary / Mandinka-English dictionary (Peace Corps)
Study of the Western Mandinka language – Hamlyn 1935
Elementary Mandinka – David Gamble
Intermediate Mandinka – David Gamble
VIDEO – Funyagangal – Gambian comedy (Mandinka)
VIDEO – Kitabu & O Boy – Gambian comedy (Mandinka)
VIDEO – Baa Jawo / Wicked Mother– Gambian comedy (Mandinka)
Multilingual Education in The Gambia (MEG) 