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.

All labels observed (12)

How this entity was disambiguated

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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 (31)

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