Pulaar
E80128
Pulaar is a Fula language variety spoken primarily by the Fula (Fulani) people across West Africa, including in Mauritania, Senegal, and neighboring countries.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pulaar canonical | 16 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Atlantic–Congo language
ⓘ
Fula language variety ⓘ Niger–Congo language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Fulfulde
ⓘ
Fulfulde ⓘ
surface form:
Maasina Fulfulde
Pular ⓘ |
| ethnolinguisticGroup | Toucouleur people ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Fuuta Tooro Pulaar
ⓘ
surface form:
Futa Tooro Pulaar
Fulani ⓘ
surface form:
Pulaar Fulani
|
| hasDialect |
Fuuta Tooro Pulaar
ⓘ
Fulani ⓘ
surface form:
Mauritanian Pulaar
|
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
noun class system
ⓘ
subject pronoun system ⓘ verb conjugation by aspect ⓘ |
| hasLexicalInfluenceFrom |
Arabic
ⓘ
French ⓘ Wolof ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
ATR vowel harmony
ⓘ
geminate consonants ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | fuc ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Atlantic–Congo languages
ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ Senegambian languages ⓘ |
| recognizedAs |
national language of Mauritania
ⓘ
national language of Senegal ⓘ |
| region |
Futa Tooro
ⓘ
Senegal River ⓘ
surface form:
Senegal River Valley
|
| spokenBy |
Fulani
ⓘ
surface form:
Fula people
Fulani ⓘ
surface form:
Fulani people
|
| spokenIn |
The Gambia
ⓘ
surface form:
Gambia
Guinea ⓘ Guinea-Bissau ⓘ Mali ⓘ Mauritania ⓘ Senegal ⓘ Sierra Leone ⓘ West Africa ⓘ |
| standardizationEffortBy |
Centre de linguistique appliquée de Dakar
ⓘ
surface form:
Senegalese language authorities
|
| subdivisionOf | Fula language ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Islamic religious education
ⓘ
local administration in Senegal ⓘ oral literature ⓘ radio broadcasting ⓘ |
| usedInScript | Ajami ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Arabic script
ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ |
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.