Fuuta Jalon Pular

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Fuuta Jalon Pular is a regional variety of the Fulfulde language spoken primarily in the Fouta Djallon highlands of Guinea.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Fuuta Jalon Pular canonical 2
Fuuta Jalon Pulaar 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf language variety
regional variety of Fulfulde
closelyAssociatedWith Islamic scholarly tradition in Fouta Djallon
country Guinea
hasAlternativeName Fouta Djallon Pular
linked to: Fouta Djallon

Fuuta Jalon Pulaar
linked to: Fuuta Jalon Pular
hasDialectalRelationWith Central-Eastern Niger Fulfulde
linked to: Fula language

Fuuta Tooro Pulaar
Maasina Fulfulde
linked to: Fula language
hasMorphologicalFeature rich noun class system (as in other Fulfulde varieties)
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length (as in other Fulfulde varieties)
isoLanguageScope macrolanguage: Fulfulde
isVarietyOf Fulfulde
Pular
languageFamily Atlantic–Congo languages
Fulfulde
Niger–Congo languages
primaryRegion Fouta Djallon highlands of Guinea
linked to: Fouta Djallon
regionType highlands
spokenIn Fouta Djallon
Guinea
West Africa
subclassOf Atlantic–Congo language variety
Fulfulde language
linked to: Fulfulde

Niger–Congo language variety
Pular language
typologicalFeature SVO basic word order (like other Pular varieties)
usedBy Fula people
linked to: Fulani

Fulani of Fouta Djallon
linked to: Fulani
usedIn local education in parts of Fouta Djallon
local radio broadcasting in Fouta Djallon
writingSystem Arabic script
Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Fulfulde hasDialect Fuuta Jalon Pular
Pular hasDialect Fuuta Jalon Pular
Fuuta Jalon Pular hasAlternativeName Fuuta Jalon Pulaar
linked to: Fuuta Jalon Pular