ISO 639-3 · fucfuc
Niger–Congo family
Pulaar
Pulaar is a language of the Senegambian branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea and Mali and 2 more countries. Wikidata counts 4.5 m first-language speakers (2016). Wikidata describes it as “language spoken by Fula people and Tukolor”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
fuc- Glottocode
pula1263- Family
- Niger–Congo
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Wikipedia
- 17 language editions
4.5 mfirst-language speakers
—second-language speakers
6countries
1scripts
4levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Pulaar |
|---|---|
| Also called | Pulaar language |
| L1 speakers | 4,450,000 (2016) |
| Written in | Fula alphabets |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Niger–Congo to Pulaar
The branches above Pulaar, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken