Pular

E289566

Pular is a major variety of the Fula (Fulfulde) language spoken primarily in Guinea and neighboring West African countries.

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Label Occurrences
Pular canonical 7

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Fula language variety
language variety
alternativeName Fouta Djallon region
surface form: Fouta Djallon Fula

Futa Jalon Fula
Guinean Fula
closelyRelatedTo Fulani
surface form: Central Fula

Fulfulde
surface form: Maasina Fulfulde

Pulaar
glottologCode futa1246
hasDialect Fouta Djallon
surface form: Fouta Djallon Pular

Fuuta Jalon Pular
hasGrammaticalFeature noun class system
subject–verb–object basic word order
verb aspect marking
hasPhonologicalFeature implosive consonants in some dialects
iso639-3Code fuf
languageBranch Atlantic languages
languageFamily Atlantic–Congo languages
Niger–Congo languages
languageGroup Fula language
surface form: Fula languages
languageOf Fulani
surface form: Fula people

Fulani
surface form: Fulani people
lexicalInfluenceFrom Arabic
French
nativeName Pulaar
Pular self-link
primaryCountry The Gambia
surface form: Gambia

Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Mali
Mauritania
Senegal
Sierra Leone
recognizedStatus national language of Guinea
region Fouta Djallon
West Africa
scriptReform Adlam script standardization
subdivisionOf Fula language
Fulfulde
usedAs lingua franca in Guinea
usedBy millions of speakers
usedIn Islamic religious instruction in West Africa
education in Guinea
radio broadcasting in Guinea
writingSystem Adlam script
Arabic script
Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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