Fula Ajami

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Fula Ajami is a writing tradition that uses modified Arabic script to represent the Fula (Fulani) language in religious, literary, and everyday texts across West and Central Africa.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Fula Ajami canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ajami script ⓘ
cultural tradition ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
adaptedFrom Arabic script ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup Fulani people ⓘ
linked to: Fulani
associatedWithLanguageFamily Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
culturalRole local record-keeping ⓘ
preservation of Fulani literary heritage ⓘ
transmission of Islamic knowledge ⓘ
hasFeature additional letters for Fula sounds ⓘ
diacritics to mark vowels ⓘ
hasTransliterationTarget Latin script ⓘ
historicallyLinkedTo Islamic education in West Africa ⓘ
Quranic schools ⓘ
languageCodeContext Fulfulde ⓘ
regionOfUse Cameroon ⓘ
Fouta Djallon ⓘ
Northern Nigeria ⓘ
Sahel ⓘ
Senegambia ⓘ
scriptCategory Abjad ⓘ
scriptDirection right-to-left ⓘ
scriptFamily Arabic-derived scripts ⓘ
status non-standardized orthographic tradition ⓘ
usedAlongside Latin-based Fula orthography ⓘ
usedBy Fulfulde speakers ⓘ
Pulaar speakers ⓘ
Pular speakers ⓘ
usedFor Islamic scholarship ⓘ
Quranic commentary ⓘ
administrative records ⓘ
everyday texts ⓘ
letters ⓘ
literary texts ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
usedIn Central Africa ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
usesScript Arabic script ⓘ
usesScriptType modified Arabic script ⓘ
writingCommunity Muslim scholars ⓘ
Sufi orders ⓘ
local clerics ⓘ
writingSystemFor Fula language ⓘ
Fulani language ⓘ
linked to: Fula language
writingSystemType consonant-based alphabet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ajami → hasVariant → Fula Ajami ⓘ
Mandinka Ajami → relatedTo → Fula Ajami ⓘ