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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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Fulfulde canonical 59
Fulfulde language 5
Maasina Fulfulde 4

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 ⓘ
Burkina Faso ⓘ
Cameroon ⓘ
Central African Republic ⓘ
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 (69)

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

Northern Nigeria → hasLanguage → Fulfulde ⓘ
Fulani → identityConcept → Fulfulde ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fulfulde (language name in many areas)
Sahel → languageDiversity → Fulfulde ⓘ
Cameroon → recognizedLanguage → Fulfulde ⓘ
Songhay languages → neighboringLanguages → Fulfulde ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fulfulde language
Yola → languageSpoken → Fulfulde ⓘ
Fulfulde → hasDialect → Fulfulde self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maasina Fulfulde
Usman dan Fodio → languageOfWorkOrName → Fulfulde ⓘ
Nana Asma’u → languageWritten → Fulfulde ⓘ
Hausa-Fulani → languageGroupIncludes → Fulfulde ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fulfulde language
Fula language → hasDialects → Fulfulde ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maasina Fulfulde
Fula language → hasAlternativeName → Fulfulde ⓘ
Muhammadu Buhari → nativeLanguage → Fulfulde ⓘ
Gombe → commonlySpokenLanguage → Fulfulde ⓘ
Nigerian Arabic → influencedBy → Fulfulde ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fulfulde language
Pulaar → closelyRelatedTo → Fulfulde ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maasina Fulfulde
Pulaar → closelyRelatedTo → Fulfulde ⓘ
Sokoto → majorLanguage → Fulfulde ⓘ
North East Nigeria → widelySpokenLanguage → Fulfulde ⓘ
Adamawa Plateau → languageFamiliesSpoken → Fulfulde ⓘ
Mayo Kébbi → languageOfToponym → Fulfulde ⓘ
Garoua → languageSpoken → Fulfulde ⓘ
Maroua → languageSpoken → Fulfulde ⓘ
Koyra Chiini language → hasContactWith → Fulfulde ⓘ
Humburi Senni language → hasLoanwordsFrom → Fulfulde ⓘ
Mopti → languageUsed → Fulfulde ⓘ
Zarma language → hasNeighborLanguage → Fulfulde ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fulfulde language
Nigerian → languageUsed → Fulfulde ⓘ
Islam in Lake Chad region → languageOfPractice → Fulfulde ⓘ
Middle Guinea → languageSpoken → Fulfulde ⓘ
Dogon languages → areInfluencedBy → Fulfulde ⓘ
Muhammad Bello → languageOfWork → Fulfulde ⓘ
Aliyu Babba → languageOfWorkOrName → Fulfulde ⓘ
Fulani Jihad → languageOfSources → Fulfulde ⓘ
Sokoto Jihad → languageOfSources → Fulfulde ⓘ
Gwandu Emirate → languageUsed → Fulfulde ⓘ
Bauchi Emirate → languageUsed → Fulfulde ⓘ
Jimeta → languageUsed → Fulfulde ⓘ
Pular → subdivisionOf → Fulfulde ⓘ
Pular → closelyRelatedTo → Fulfulde ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maasina Fulfulde
Adlam script → primaryLanguage → Fulfulde ⓘ
Fuuta Jalon Pular → subclassOf → Fulfulde ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fulfulde language
Fuuta Jalon Pular → languageFamily → Fulfulde ⓘ
Fuuta Jalon Pular → isVarietyOf → Fulfulde ⓘ
Fuuta Tooro Pulaar → subclassOf → Fulfulde ⓘ
Fulani Empire → commonLanguage → Fulfulde ⓘ
Atiku Abubakar (former member) → languageSpoken → Fulfulde ⓘ
subject surface form: Atiku Abubakar
Yola North Local Government Area → hasLanguage → Fulfulde ⓘ
Shaykh Uthman ibn Fudi → languageOfWorkOrName → Fulfulde ⓘ
subject surface form: Usman dan Fodio
Atiku Abubakar → languageSpoken → Fulfulde ⓘ