Pular

E289566

Pular is a major variety of the Fula (Fulfulde) language spoken primarily in Guinea and neighboring West African countries.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Pular canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Fula language variety
language variety
alternativeName Fouta Djallon Fula
Futa Jalon Fula
Guinean Fula
closelyRelatedTo Central Fula
linked to: Fulani

Maasina Fulfulde
linked to: Fulfulde

Pulaar
glottologCode futa1246
hasDialect Fouta Djallon Pular
linked to: Fouta Djallon

Fuuta Jalon Pular
hasGrammaticalFeature noun class system
subject–verb–object basic word order
verb aspect marking
hasPhonologicalFeature implosive consonants in some dialects
iso639-3Code fuf
languageBranch Atlantic languages
languageFamily Atlantic–Congo languages
Niger–Congo languages
languageGroup Fula languages
linked to: Fula language
languageOf Fula people
linked to: Fulani

Fulani people
linked to: Fulani
lexicalInfluenceFrom Arabic
French
nativeName Pulaar
Pular
primaryCountry Gambia
linked to: The Gambia

Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Mali
Mauritania
Senegal
Sierra Leone
recognizedStatus national language of Guinea
region Fouta Djallon
West Africa
scriptReform Adlam script standardization
subdivisionOf Fula language
Fulfulde
usedAs lingua franca in Guinea
usedBy millions of speakers
usedIn Islamic religious instruction in West Africa
education in Guinea
radio broadcasting in Guinea
writingSystem Adlam script
Arabic script
Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

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