Numbers/ Money

Numbers/Money

 (Note: One can use French numbers in Wolof and above basic numbers many Senegalese from Dakar use French numbers instead of Wolof numbers for simplicity)

Numeric	French	Pronunciations
5	Cinq	Sank
25	Vingt-cing	vahn-sank
50	Cinqante	sank-awnt
100	Cent	sawn
125	Cent Vingt Cinq	sawn vahn-sank
150	Cent Cinquante	sawn sank-awnt
200	Deux Cent	duh sawn
250	Deux Cent Cinquante	duh sawn sank-awnt
300	Trois Cent	twah sawn
350	Trois Cent Cinquante	twah sawn sank-awnt
400	Quatre Cent	cat sawn

To say a cash amount one can simply say the French number and then follow it by “CFA” (pronounced ‘SAY-F-UH’), or by saying“Franc”.

Example: If you want to say one hundred one could say

“Cent Franc”

                                         Or

“Cent CFA”