Fula language

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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.

Aliases (5)

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Atlantic–Congo language → Central African language → Niger–Congo language → West African language → language →
approximateNumberOfSpeakers	tens of millions →
ethnicAssociation	Fulani people →
hasAlternativeName	Fulani → Fulfulde → Peul → Peulh → Pulaar → Pular →
hasDialects	Adamawa Fulfulde → Cameroonian Fulfulde → Maasina Fulfulde → Nigerian Fulfulde → Pulaar → Pular → 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 script →
languageBranch	Atlantic–Congo →
languageFamily	Niger–Congo →
region	Central Africa → West Africa →
spokenBy	Fula people → Fulani people →
spokenIn	Benin NERFINISHED → Burkina Faso NERFINISHED → Cameroon → Central African Republic NERFINISHED → Chad → Equatorial Guinea → Gambia → Ghana → Guinea → Guinea-Bissau → Ivory Coast NERFINISHED → 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 (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Fulfulde ("Adamawa Fulfulde") → Fulfulde ("Nigerian Fulfulde") → Fulfulde ("Cameroonian Fulfulde") →	hasDialect
Fula language ("Adamawa Fulfulde") → Fula language ("Nigerian Fulfulde") → Fula language ("Cameroonian Fulfulde") →	hasDialects
Fulfulde ("Fula") →	alternateName
Wolof →	closelyRelatedTo
Fulani →	ethnicLanguage
Guinea-Bissau Creole ("Fula") →	hasInfluencedByLanguage
Atlantic–Congo languages ("Fula") →	includesLanguage
Gambian Muslims ("Fula") →	language
Pulaar →	subdivisionOf
Arabic alphabet ("Fulani language (Ajami)") →	usedFor