ISO 639-3 · fulful
Niger–Congo family · macrolanguage
Fula
Fulfulde
Fula is a macrolanguage of the Senegambian branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Mali. Wikidata counts about 24 m speakers (2007). Wikidata describes it as “language of West Africa of the Senegambian branch of the Niger–Congo language family”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
ful- ISO 639-1
ff- Glottocode
fula1264- Family
- Niger–Congo
- UNESCO
- Safe
- Centre point
- 15.00, -13.00
- Wikipedia
- 84 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
3scripts
4levels in the tree
SafeUNESCO level
Facts
| Name | Fula · Fulfulde |
|---|---|
| Also called | Fulah, Fulani, Fula language, Ful language, Fulah language |
| All speakers | 24,000,000 (2007) |
| Written in | Latin script, Ajami script, Adlam |
| Official in | Mali |
| Kind | macrolanguage |
Vitality
UNESCO: Safe
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Niger–Congo to Fula
The branches above Fula, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Mali
araArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafefraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationalnqoN'KoNiger–Congo · 27 m9 · Second language onlymosMooréNiger–Congo · 7.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationbamBambaraNiger–Congo · 4.2 m4 · EducationalmeyHassaniya ArabicAfroasiatic · 3.8 m3 · Wider CommunicationmyqManinkaNiger–Congo · 3.3 mdyuDyulaNiger–Congo · 2.7 m3 · Wider CommunicationmnkMandinkaNiger–Congo · 1.4 m5 · DevelopingtmhTuaregAfroasiatic · 1.2 mVulnerable