Fula, natively known as Fulfulde and also known as Fulani or Fulah, is a Senegambian language spoken by around 36.8 million people as a set of various dialects in a continuum that stretches across some 18 countries in West and Central Africa.
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ISO 639-3 Code Speaker Count2014-2021 estimate, first-language (L1) speakers; the infobox also gives a second-language total of 2.7 million (2019), not captured here. ful is the inclusive code covering nine individual Fula varieties across West Africa. StatusWikipedia article on Fula: a currently spoken living language with an active native-speaker population; checked 2026-09-27. Connections
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Source Wikipedia: Fula Language
Source Wikipedia: Fula Language
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Fula (Fulani) is standardly written in the Latin alphabet today (historically also in Arabic-derived Ajami script).
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The Fula people, Fulani people, or Fulɓe are an ethnic group in the Sahara, Sahel, and West Africa, widely dispersed across the region.
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Fula (; FOO-lə), natively known as Fulfulde and also known as Fulani (; fuu-LAH-nee) or Fulah (Fulfulde, Pulaar, Pular; Adlam: 𞤊𞤵𞤤𞤬𞤵𞤤𞤣𞤫, 𞤆𞤵𞤤𞤢𞥄𞤪, 𞤆𞤵𞤤𞤢𞤪; Ajami: ࢻُلْࢻُلْدٜ, ݒُلَارْ, بُۛلَر), is a Senegambian language spoken by around 36.8 million people as a set of various dialects in a continuum that stretches across some 18 countries in West and Central Africa.
Infobox, ISO 639-3
ful
Infobox: date
2014-2021
Infobox, Region
Sahel
In Family: Atlantic-Congo, Infobox: fam2
Atlantic-Congo
In Family: Senegambian languages, Infobox, Language family
Senegambian
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