FUF ISO 639-3
Pular
Pular Autonym
A language of Guinea
- ISO 639
- fuf
- Alternate Names
- Foula Fouta, Fouta Djallon, Fulbe, Fulfulde Jalon, Fullo Fuuta, Futa Fula, Futa Jallon, Fuuta Jalon, Jalon, Poular
- Autonym
- Pular
- Population
- 4,300,000 in Guinea (2017 census). Total users in all countries: 4,778,200.
- Location:
- Widespread.
- Language Status
- 2 (Provincial). De facto language of national identity.
- Classification
- Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Atlantic, Northern, Senegambian, Fula-Wolof, Fula, West Central
- Dialects
- Kebu Fula, Fula Peta. Different enough from Pulaar [fuc] in Senegal to need separate literature. In Sierra Leone, recent immigrants from Guinea speak the original Futa Jallon dialect or the Kebu dialect (Dalby 1962). A slightly modified form of Futa Jallon is known as Krio Fula with many loans from Sierra Leone languages. A member of macrolanguage Fulah [ful].
- Language Use
- Also use Eastern Maninkakan [emk]. Also use Susu [sus]. Used as L2 by Kakabe [kke].
- Language Development
- Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 2011.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Pular
- Writing
- Adlam script [Adlm], used since 1989. Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab]. Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Heavy borrowing from Arabic. Formerly, extensive literature in Pular, but little still exists. Muslim.
Also Spoken in
- Location
- Gabu region: south Bafata and north Tombali regions.
- Language Status
- 5 (Dispersed)
- Other Comments
- Muslim. View other languages of Guinea-Bissau
Language Name
Pular
User Population
1,200 in Guinea-Bissau (2000).
- Location
- Kayes region: Kéniéba circle.
- Language Status
- 5 (Dispersed)
- Other Comments
- Muslim. View other languages of Mali
Language Name
Pular
User Population
50,000 in Mali (Vanderaa 1991).
- Location
- Widespread but especially north.
- Dialects
- Krio Fula, Kebu Fula.
- Language Status
- 5 (Dispersed)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. People live in settled and migrant communities. Muslim. View other languages of Sierra Leone
Language Name
Pular
User Population
277,000 in Sierra Leone (2019).
- Location
- Dakar; Sédhiou region: Casamance area. Seasonal migrants from Guinea and elsewhere.
- Language Status
- 5 (Dispersed)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. Many from Guinea settled or work seasonally in Casamance, eastern Senegal, and Dakar. Muslim. View other languages of Senegal
Language Name
Pular
User Population
150,000 in Senegal (2006 J. Leclerc).
Map
Location: Widespread.
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