Fula Ajami
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Fula Ajami is a writing tradition that uses modified Arabic script to represent the Fula (Fulani) language in religious, literary, and everyday texts across West and Central Africa.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ajami script
ⓘ
cultural tradition ⓘ writing system ⓘ |
| adaptedFrom | Arabic script ⓘ |
| associatedWithEthnicGroup | Fulani people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithLanguageFamily | Atlantic–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalRole |
local record-keeping
ⓘ
preservation of Fulani literary heritage ⓘ transmission of Islamic knowledge ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
additional letters for Fula sounds
ⓘ
diacritics to mark vowels ⓘ |
| hasTransliterationTarget | Latin script ⓘ |
| historicallyLinkedTo |
Islamic education in West Africa
ⓘ
Quranic schools ⓘ |
| languageCodeContext | Fulfulde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionOfUse |
Cameroon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fouta Djallon NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ Sahel NERFINISHED ⓘ Senegambia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptCategory | Abjad ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | right-to-left ⓘ |
| scriptFamily | Arabic-derived scripts ⓘ |
| status | non-standardized orthographic tradition ⓘ |
| usedAlongside | Latin-based Fula orthography ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Fulfulde speakers
ⓘ
Pulaar speakers ⓘ Pular speakers ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Islamic scholarship
ⓘ
Quranic commentary ⓘ administrative records ⓘ everyday texts ⓘ letters ⓘ literary texts ⓘ poetry ⓘ religious texts ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Central Africa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesScript | Arabic script ⓘ |
| usesScriptType | modified Arabic script ⓘ |
| writingCommunity |
Muslim scholars
ⓘ
Sufi orders NERFINISHED ⓘ local clerics ⓘ |
| writingSystemFor |
Fula language
ⓘ
Fulani language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystemType | consonant-based alphabet ⓘ |
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