Fula language

E61093
Atlantic–Congo language Central African language Niger–Congo language West African language language

The Fula language is a widely spoken West and Central African language of the Niger-Congo family, used by the Fulani people across numerous countries from Senegal to Cameroon and beyond.

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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
Fula language canonical 12
Fula 4
Fula languages 3

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Atlantic–Congo language ⓘ
Central African language ⓘ
Niger–Congo language ⓘ
West African language ⓘ
language ⓘ
approximateNumberOfSpeakers tens of millions ⓘ
ethnicAssociation Fulani ⓘ
surface form: Fulani people
hasAlternativeName Fulani ⓘ
Fulfulde ⓘ
Peul ⓘ
Peul ⓘ
surface form: Peulh

Pulaar ⓘ
Pular ⓘ
hasDialects Fula language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Adamawa Fulfulde

Fula language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cameroonian Fulfulde

Fulfulde ⓘ
surface form: Maasina Fulfulde

Fula language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Nigerian Fulfulde

Pulaar ⓘ
Pular ⓘ
Fulani ⓘ
surface form: Western Fulani
hasGrammaticalFeature rich agreement morphology ⓘ
verb-initial tendencies in some constructions ⓘ
hasISO639-1Code ff ⓘ
hasISO639-2Code ful ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code ful ⓘ
hasNotableScript Adlam script ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature noun class system ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Adlam script ⓘ
Arabic script ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script
languageBranch Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form: Atlantic–Congo
languageFamily Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form: Niger–Congo
region Central Africa ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
spokenBy Fulani ⓘ
surface form: Fula people

Fulani ⓘ
surface form: Fulani people
spokenIn Benin ⓘ
Burkina Faso ⓘ
Cameroon ⓘ
Central African Republic ⓘ
Chad ⓘ
Equatorial Guinea ⓘ
The Gambia ⓘ
surface form: Gambia

Ghana ⓘ
Guinea ⓘ
Guinea-Bissau ⓘ
Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ
surface form: Ivory Coast

Liberia ⓘ
Mali ⓘ
Mauritania ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
Senegal ⓘ
Sierra Leone ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
Togo ⓘ
subclassOf Atlantic language ⓘ
usedAs lingua franca in parts of West Africa ⓘ
writingSystemDevelopedIn Adlam script developed in late 20th century ⓘ

Referenced by (31)

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

Fulani → ethnicLanguage → Fula language ⓘ
Wolof → closelyRelatedTo → Fula language ⓘ
Guinea-Bissau Creole → hasInfluencedByLanguage → Fula language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fula
Arabic alphabet → usedFor → Fula language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fulani language (Ajami)
Atlantic–Congo languages → includesLanguage → Fula language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fula
Fulfulde → alternateName → Fula language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fula
Fulfulde → hasDialect → Fula language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Adamawa Fulfulde
Fulfulde → hasDialect → Fula language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nigerian Fulfulde
Fulfulde → hasDialect → Fula language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cameroonian Fulfulde
Fula language → hasDialects → Fula language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Adamawa Fulfulde
Fula language → hasDialects → Fula language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nigerian Fulfulde
Fula language → hasDialects → Fula language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cameroonian Fulfulde
Pulaar → subdivisionOf → Fula language ⓘ
Gambian Muslims → language → Fula language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fula
wol → closelyRelatedTo → Fula language ⓘ
subject surface form: Wolof language
Ajami script → usedFor → Fula language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fulani language
Ajami script → usedFor → Fula language ⓘ
West Africans → speaksLanguage → Fula language ⓘ
Pular → subdivisionOf → Fula language ⓘ
Pular → languageGroup → Fula language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fula languages
Peul → language → Fula language ⓘ
Adlam script → primaryLanguage → Fula language ⓘ
Fuuta Jalon Pular → hasDialectalRelationWith → Fula language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maasina Fulfulde
Fuuta Jalon Pular → hasDialectalRelationWith → Fula language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central-Eastern Niger Fulfulde
Fuuta Tooro Pulaar → languageFamily → Fula language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fula languages
Fuuta Tooro Pulaar → hasAncestor → Fula language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Fula
Ajami → usedToWriteLanguage → Fula language ⓘ
Senegambia → includesLanguage → Fula language ⓘ
Podor, Senegal → languageUsed → Fula language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pulaar (Fula)
Proto–Benue–Congo language → hasDescendant → Fula language ⓘ
Toucouleur people → languageFamily → Fula language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fula languages