Fula language

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The Fula language is a widely spoken West and Central African language of the Niger-Congo family, used by the Fulani people across numerous countries from Senegal to Cameroon and beyond.

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Generate an image of the Fula language (The Fula language is a widely spoken West and Central African language of the Niger-Congo family, used by the Fulani people across numerous countries from Senegal to Cameroon and beyond.)

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How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Atlantic–Congo language ⓘ
Central African language ⓘ
Niger–Congo language ⓘ
West African language ⓘ
language ⓘ
approximateNumberOfSpeakers tens of millions ⓘ
ethnicAssociation Fulani people ⓘ
linked to: Fulani
hasAlternativeName Fulani ⓘ
Fulfulde ⓘ
Peul ⓘ
Peulh ⓘ
linked to: Peul

Pulaar ⓘ
Pular ⓘ
hasDialects Adamawa Fulfulde ⓘ
linked to: Fula language

Cameroonian Fulfulde ⓘ
linked to: Fula language

Maasina Fulfulde ⓘ
linked to: Fulfulde

Nigerian Fulfulde ⓘ
linked to: Fula language

Pulaar ⓘ
Pular ⓘ
Western Fulani ⓘ
linked to: Fulani
hasGrammaticalFeature rich agreement morphology ⓘ
verb-initial tendencies in some constructions ⓘ
hasISO639-1Code ff ⓘ
hasISO639-2Code ful ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code ful ⓘ
hasNotableScript Adlam script ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature noun class system ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Adlam script ⓘ
Arabic script ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet
languageBranch Atlantic–Congo ⓘ
languageFamily Niger–Congo ⓘ
region Central Africa ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
spokenBy Fula people ⓘ
linked to: Fulani

Fulani people ⓘ
linked to: Fulani
spokenIn Benin ⓘ
Burkina Faso ⓘ
Cameroon ⓘ
Central African Republic ⓘ
Chad ⓘ
Equatorial Guinea ⓘ
Gambia ⓘ
linked to: The Gambia

Ghana ⓘ
Guinea ⓘ
Guinea-Bissau ⓘ
Ivory Coast ⓘ
linked to: Côte d'Ivoire

Liberia ⓘ
Mali ⓘ
Mauritania ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
Senegal ⓘ
Sierra Leone ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
Togo ⓘ
subclassOf Atlantic language ⓘ
usedAs lingua franca in parts of West Africa ⓘ
writingSystemDevelopedIn Adlam script developed in late 20th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (37)

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

Fulani → ethnicLanguage → Fula language ⓘ
Wolof → closelyRelatedTo → Fula language ⓘ
Guinea-Bissau Creole → hasInfluencedByLanguage → Fula ⓘ
linked to: Fula language
Arabic alphabet → usedFor → Fulani language (Ajami) ⓘ
linked to: Fula language
Atlantic–Congo languages → includesLanguage → Fula ⓘ
linked to: Fula language
Fulfulde → alternateName → Fula ⓘ
linked to: Fula language
Fulfulde → hasDialect → Adamawa Fulfulde ⓘ
linked to: Fula language
Fulfulde → hasDialect → Nigerian Fulfulde ⓘ
linked to: Fula language
Fulfulde → hasDialect → Cameroonian Fulfulde ⓘ
linked to: Fula language
Fula language → hasDialects → Adamawa Fulfulde ⓘ
linked to: Fula language
Fula language → hasDialects → Nigerian Fulfulde ⓘ
linked to: Fula language
Fula language → hasDialects → Cameroonian Fulfulde ⓘ
linked to: Fula language
Pulaar → subdivisionOf → Fula language ⓘ
Gambian Muslims → language → Fula ⓘ
linked to: Fula language
Wolof language → closelyRelatedTo → Fula language ⓘ
subject linked to: wol
Ajami script → usedFor → Fulani language ⓘ
linked to: Fula language
Ajami script → usedFor → Fula language ⓘ
West Africans → speaksLanguage → Fula language ⓘ
Pular → subdivisionOf → Fula language ⓘ
Pular → languageGroup → Fula languages ⓘ
linked to: Fula language
Peul → language → Fula language ⓘ
Adlam script → primaryLanguage → Fula language ⓘ
Fuuta Jalon Pular → hasDialectalRelationWith → Maasina Fulfulde ⓘ
linked to: Fula language
Fuuta Jalon Pular → hasDialectalRelationWith → Central-Eastern Niger Fulfulde ⓘ
linked to: Fula language
Fuuta Tooro Pulaar → languageFamily → Fula languages ⓘ
linked to: Fula language
Fuuta Tooro Pulaar → hasAncestor → Proto-Fula ⓘ
linked to: Fula language
Ajami → usedToWriteLanguage → Fula language ⓘ
Senegambia → includesLanguage → Fula language ⓘ
Podor, Senegal → languageUsed → Pulaar (Fula) ⓘ
linked to: Fula language
Toucouleur people → languageFamily → Fula languages ⓘ
linked to: Fula language
Balanta language → neighboringLanguages → Fula language ⓘ
Lélouma → primaryLanguage → Pular (Fula) ⓘ
linked to: Fula language
African languages → includeLanguage → Fula language ⓘ
Fula Ajami → writingSystemFor → Fulani language ⓘ
linked to: Fula language
Fouta Toro → language → Fula language ⓘ
Sanneh → hasLanguageOfOrigin → Fula language ⓘ