Well-known apps like Duolingo, Rosetta Stone or Babbel offer no Wolof courses, but there are other apps for learning Wolof that are just as good.
Overview of the Wolof Language:
Wolof is the most widely spoken language in Senegal with about 5 million native speakers or 40% of the population.
Most other Senegalese people speak Wolof as a second language, bringing the total number of speakers to about 12 million.
Since the 1970s, Wolof is officially using the Latin alphabet, which makes it easier to learn this language.
There are Wolof speakers in southern Mauritania (7% of the population) and in parts of Gambia (15% of the population) as well.
Now let's take a look at the apps, software and online courses that you can use to learn Wolof. The biggest advantage of such learning apps is that they are much cheaper than traditional language courses.
uTalk Wolof App
Alternative to Duolingo or Babbel
Systems: Android App, iPhone App, Online Version
Content: Wolof vocabulary (2000 words), lessons and playful exercises
Prices:
USD 12 (1 month and all 160 languages)
USD 60 (12 months and all 160 languages)
Discount offer: USD 199 (Lifetime Access to all 160 Languages)
Overall Value: 
The uTalk app teaches about 2000 Wolof words and focuses primarily on playful exercises.
There are several exercises to choose from:
-
Read and listen to Wolof words (with translation and photos)
-
Match the Wolof word you heard to a photo
-
Speak a Wolof word and compare the recording with the original
-
A memory game with pictures
-
Speak the Wolof translation of an English word
The vocabulary is divided into 60 freely selectable topics. The special thing about the uTalk app is that you get access to
all 160 languages.
The interface of the app is well made and is similar to other apps like Babbel, Duolingo or Mondly.
Summary: Getting access to 160 languages is impressive and the scope (2000 words with native speaker audio and exercises) is also solid.
Link: uTalk Wolof Language Course App
Wolof Basic Course
From 17 Minute Languages
Systems: Online Access (PC, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS)
Suitable for: Beginners and Advanced Learners, Students, Professionals
Content: 1300 words (basic course), 5200 words (complete course), grammar, verb conjugations, exercises
Prices: USD 59.95 (Basic Course), USD 127 (Complete Course)
Overall Value:
The Wolof Basic Course contains a vocabulary trainer for the basic Wolof vocabulary (1300 words) with native-speaker audio, as well as grammar explanations and various exercises.
The vocabulary trainer works with a long-term memory method, in which the new vocabulary is checked at increasing intervals.
You can choose between text input, multiple choice or simply confirming whether you knew a word or not.
The exercises include text comprehension questions, filling in word gaps or just vocabulary lists where one side is covered.
The basic course corresponds to the official language levels A1 and A2 (explanation of CEFR language levels).
The Complete Course contains:
- Basic course for beginners (basic vocabulary with 1300 words)
- Intermediate course (1800 more words)
- Advanced course for experts (2100 words)
- Additional specialized vocabulary
- Covers the official CEFR language levels A1 to C2
There are 17 different languages you can use to learn Wolof with this app.
Summary: Much cheaper and even better than the famous Rosetta Stone. There is a free demo version available and a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Link: Wolof Basic Course and Complete Course
Cudoo: Wolof Course
Online Learning with Certificates
Systems: Online Access (PC, Mac, smartphones)
Content: Wolof video lessons and quiz tests
Prices: USD 12.99 (one course), USD 24.99 (4-7 courses bundle)
Overall Value: 
Cudoo is a kind of online university that offers courses with certificates on different topics.
This includes language courses for 160 languages. These are all beginner courses (CEFR level A1 and A2).
For each language there are 1-10 courses and each course has 20-40 lessons.
The lessons each include a short video with new vocabulary and there are short quiz questions below the video.
Summary: The videos are well made, so especially for smaller languages these courses are a good start.
Link: Cudoo Online Wolof Language Course
Memrise Wolof App
App with User-Generated Lessons
Systems: Android App, iPhone App, Online-Version (PC and Mac)
Content: Wolof lessons and vocabulary trainer with native speaker audio, grammar
Prices: USD 22 (1 month), USD 70 (12 months), USD 255 (unlimited)
Overall Value: 
With the Memrise App you can learn over 90 languages.
This includes even very small languages - however, in such cases the language courses are often limited to just a few lessons.
One special feature of the Memrise learning app is the large number of lessons created by users (native speakers).
The quality of these lessons varies greatly though. For example, only the basic forms of verbs are usually taught, without the conjugations. Some languages also do not have an audio recording of the words at all.
Another good idea of the Memrise app are the user-generated tips and mnemonics for each word to help you memorize them.
Summary: User-generated lessons are a good idea. In practice, the quality of the lessons leaves a lot be desired.
Linguashop: Wolof
Educational Software for Download
Systems: PC (Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista and XP)
Content: Wolof lessons with native speaker audio and speech recognition, grammar
Prices: USD 35 (second language for free)
Overall Value: 
The Linguashop educational software ("TeachMe") is available for over 90 languages, including Wolof. It also includes an audio CD.
The native speaker audio and speech recognition are relatively good.
However, the interface of the learning software is quite chaotic and there are no exercises — only lessons where new vocabulary is presented.
It is also unclear how many words are included in this Wolof learning program. There is no information about this on the website.
Some grammar lessons are included — however, these are basically just images with short texts.
Summary: Poor quality for a relatively low price. You get language courses for two languages when you buy, one as a free bonus.
.png)
.png)
