Fulfulde

E59898
Atlantic–Congo language Fula language variety language

Fulfulde is a widely spoken West African language of the Fulani people, used as a lingua franca across parts of the Sahel including northern Nigeria.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Fulfulde language 3
Maasina Fulfulde 3
Fulfulde (language name in many areas) 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Atlantic–Congo language ⓘ
Fula language variety ⓘ
language ⓘ
alternateName Fula language ⓘ
surface form: Fula

Fulani ⓘ
Peul ⓘ
Pulaar ⓘ
Pular ⓘ
basicWordOrder SVO ⓘ
ethnicGroup Fulani ⓘ
surface form: Fulani people
hasDialect Fula language ⓘ
surface form: Adamawa Fulfulde

Fula language ⓘ
surface form: Cameroonian Fulfulde

Fuuta Jalon Pular ⓘ
Fuuta Tooro Pulaar ⓘ
Fulfulde self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Maasina Fulfulde

Fula language ⓘ
surface form: Nigerian Fulfulde
hasNounClassSystem true ⓘ
iso639-1 ff ⓘ
iso639-2 ful ⓘ
iso639-3 ful ⓘ
languageFamily Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
linguaFrancaIn Northern Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: northern Nigeria

parts of the Sahel ⓘ
morphologicalType agglutinative language ⓘ
nativeSpeakersApprox 25000000 ⓘ
region Sahel ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
role lingua franca ⓘ
spokenIn Benin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Burkina Faso NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cameroon ⓘ
Central African Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chad ⓘ
The Gambia ⓘ
surface form: Gambia

Ghana ⓘ
Guinea ⓘ
Guinea-Bissau ⓘ
Mali ⓘ
Mauritania ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
Senegal ⓘ
Sierra Leone ⓘ
subbranch Senegambian languages ⓘ
subfamily Atlantic languages ⓘ
totalSpeakersApprox 40000000 ⓘ
usedIn Islamic education in West Africa ⓘ
radio broadcasting in the Sahel ⓘ
writingSystem Adlam script ⓘ
Arabic alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Arabic script

Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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

Pulaar → closelyRelatedTo → Fulfulde ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maasina Fulfulde
Pulaar → closelyRelatedTo → Fulfulde ⓘ
Gombe → commonlySpokenLanguage → Fulfulde ⓘ
Fulfulde → hasDialect → Fulfulde self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maasina Fulfulde
Fula language → hasDialects → Fulfulde ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maasina Fulfulde
Northern Nigeria → hasLanguage → Fulfulde ⓘ
Fulani → identityConcept → Fulfulde ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fulfulde (language name in many areas)
Nigerian Arabic → influencedBy → Fulfulde ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fulfulde language
Sahel → languageDiversity → Fulfulde ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fulfulde language
Yola → languageSpoken → Fulfulde ⓘ
Nana Asma’u → languageWritten → Fulfulde ⓘ
Sokoto → majorLanguage → Fulfulde ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fulfulde language
Cameroon → recognizedLanguage → Fulfulde ⓘ