French, is the only official language of Senegal, used mainly by the administration, the education and spoken by 26% of the total population.

[1] Senegal is a member State of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie.

A Senegalese, Abdou Diouf, held the position of its Executive Secretary between 2003 and 2014.

Several of the Senegalese languages have the status of "national languages": Wolof, Balanta-Ganja, Arabic, Jola-Fonyi, Mandinka, Mandjak, Mankanya, Noon (Serer-Noon), Pulaar, Serer, and Soninke.

The Guinea Creole dialect, based on Portuguese is also spoken in that region.