West African

/wɛst ˌæfrəkən/

Other forms: West Africans

Definitions of West African

1. adjective

   of or relating to the countries or cultures or people of West Africa
2. noun

   a group of languages spoken in the extreme western part of West Africa
   types:

   Ful, Fula, Fulani, Peul

   a family of languages of the Fulani of West Africa and used as a lingua franca in the sub-Saharan regions from Senegal to Chad; the best known of the West African languages

   Serer

   a West African language closely related to Fula; spoken primarily in Senegal and Gambia

   Wolof

   the West African language of the Wolof in Senegal; related to Fula

   type of:

   Niger-Congo

   a family of African language spoken in west Africa