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Fula language

Fula (Listenⓘ; /ˈfuːlə/ FOO-lə), natively known as Fulfulde and also known as Fulani (Listenⓘ; /fʊˈlɑːniː/ fuu-LAH-nee) or Fulah (Fulfulde, Pulaar, Pular; Adlam: 𞤊𞤵𞤤𞤬𞤵𞤤𞤣𞤫, 𞤆𞤵𞤤𞤢𞥄𞤪, 𞤆𞤵𞤤𞤢𞤪; Ajami: ࢻُلْࢻُلْدٜ‎, ݒُلَارْ‎, بُۛلَر‎), is a Senegambian language spoken by around 36.8 million people as a set of various dialects in a continuum that stretches across…

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Ethnicity
Fula
Glottolog
fula1264
ISO 639-1
ff – Fulah
ISO 639-2
ful – Fulah
ISO 639-3
ful – inclusive code – Fulah Individual codes: fuc – Pulaar (Senegambia, Mauritania) fuf – Pular (Guinea, Sierra Leone) ffm – Maasina Fulfulde (Mali, Ghana) fue – Borgu Fulfulde…
Language family
Atlantic–CongoWest AtlanticSenegambianFula–WolofFula · West AtlanticSenegambianFula–WolofFula · SenegambianFula–WolofFula · Fula–WolofFula · Fula

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Phonology

  • Tʃ Voiceless postalveolar affricate
  • Dʒ Voiced postalveolar affricate

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Fula language

Nodes100
Edges99
Triples20
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.02
Components1

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Fula language

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Language family · 5
Fula language → Atlantic–CongoWest AtlanticSenegambianFula–WolofFula, Fula, Fula–WolofFula, SenegambianFula–WolofFula, West AtlanticSenegambianFula–WolofFula
Ethnicity · 1
Fula language → Fula
Glottolog · 1
Fula language → fula1264
ISO 639-1 · 1
Fula language → ff – Fulah
ISO 639-2 · 1
Fula language → ful – Fulah
ISO 639-3 · 1
Fula language → ful – inclusive code – Fulah Individual codes: fuc – Pulaar (Senegambia, Mauritania) fuf – Pular (Guinea, Sierra Leone) ffm – Maasina Fulfulde (Mali, Ghana) fue – Borgu Fulfulde…
Native to · 1
Fula language → Western Africa
Official language in · 1
Fula language → Burkina Faso Mali
Recognised minority language in · 1
Fula language → Cameroon Niger
Region · 1
Fula language → Sahel

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Important terminology

fula fulfulde language also nigeria noun script guinea adlam classes pular niger cameroon dialects languages pulaar ajami region latin arabic

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Fula languageEthnicityFula1.00infobox
Fula languageGlottologfula12641.00infobox
Fula languageISO 639-1ff – Fulah1.00infobox
Fula languageISO 639-2ful – Fulah1.00infobox
Fula languageISO 639-3ful – inclusive code – Fulah Individual codes: fuc – Pulaar (Senegambia, Mauritania) fuf – Pular (Guinea, Sierra Leone) ffm – Maasina Fulfulde (Mali, Ghana) fue – Borgu Fulfulde…1.00infobox
Fula languageLanguage familyAtlantic–CongoWest AtlanticSenegambianFula–WolofFula1.00infobox
Fula languageLanguage familyWest AtlanticSenegambianFula–WolofFula1.00infobox
Fula languageLanguage familySenegambianFula–WolofFula1.00infobox
Fula languageLanguage familyFula–WolofFula1.00infobox
Fula languageLanguage familyFula1.00infobox
Fula languageNative toWestern Africa1.00infobox
Fula languageOfficial language inBurkina Faso Mali1.00infobox
Fula languageRecognised minority language inCameroon Niger1.00infobox
Fula languageRegionSahel1.00infobox
Fula languageSpeakersL1: 37 million (2014–2021) L2: 2.7 million (2019)1.00infobox
Fula languageWriting systemLatin Adlam Arabic (Ajami)1.00infobox

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