FUV ISO 639-3
Fulfulde, Nigerian
Fulfulde Autonym
A language of Nigeria
- ISO 639
- fuv
- Alternate Names
- Fulɓe, Fulani, Fulatanci, Hausa States Fulfulde
- Autonym
- Fulfulde
- Population
- 16,500,000 in Nigeria (2020), increasing. Total users in all countries: 16,585,000.
- Location:
- Widespread.
- Language Status
- 3 (Wider communication). Used as LWC in the market in Bauchi, Gombe, and Borno states.
- Classification
- Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Atlantic, Northern, Senegambian, Fula-Wolof, Fula, East Central
- Dialects
- Kano-Katsina, Bororo (Aku, Fulfulde Caka Nigeria, Mbororo, Nomadic Fulfulde, Woylaare), Sokoto. Intelligibility 40%–50% of Fulfulde [fub] Cameroon. Lexical similarity: highest with Central-Eastern Niger Fulfulde [fuq], then Adamawa Fulfulde [fub], then Benin-Togo Fulfulde [fue], then Western Niger Fulfulde [fuh], and Maasina Fulfulde [ffm]. A member of macrolanguage Fulah [ful].
- Language Use
- Home, some use in market. All ages, but youth increasingly want to learn English [eng]. Mixed attitudes. Though proud of their oral and written language, they now view speaking and writing English [eng] as more prestigious. Used as L2 by Bali [bcn], Bena [yun], Bille [bil], Bokobaru [bus], Bure [bvh], Deno [dbb], Dera [kna], Duguri [dbm], Fali [fli], Ga’anda [gqa], Gude [gde], Holma [hod], Hõne [juh], Hwana [hwo], Jara [jaf], Jibu [jib], Kaan [ldl], Kam [kdx], Kibaku [ckl], Kpasham [pbn], Kumba [ksm], Lala-Roba [lla], Longuda [lnu], Mboi [moi], Mbula-Bwazza [mbu], Ndoola [ndr], Ngwaba [ngw], Nigeria Mambila [mzk], Nya Huba [hbb], Nyong [muo], Pere [pfe], Ron [cla], Samba Daka [ccg], Shoo-Minda-Nye [bcv], Sukur [syk], Teme [tdo], Tsuvadi [tvd], Vemgo-Mabas [vem], Verre [ver], Waja [wja], Yendang [ynq].
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L1: Below 1% in Roman script; below 20% in Arabic script. Keen interest in younger generation learning to read and write. Literature. Dictionary. Grammar. Texts. NT: 2007–2010.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Fulfulde, Nigerian
- Writing
- Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab], used since 2011. Latin script [Latn], used since 2003.
- Other Comments
- Sokoto is a major Fulbe geopolitical unit. Caka (Fulfulde Caka Nigeria dialect) means ‘central’. Muslim.
Also Spoken in
- Location
- Widespread by clans in Adamawa, Far North, and North West regions; North West region (Fulfulde-Jaafun and Fulfulde-Aku dialects).
- Dialects
- Kano-Katsina, Mbororo (Aku, Akuure, Bororo, Jaafun, Nomadic Fulfulde).
- Language Status
- 5 (Dispersed)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. Muslim. View other languages of Cameroon
Language Name
Fulfulde, Mbororo
User Population
85,000 in Cameroon (2011 SIL), increasing.
- Location
- Chari-Baguirmi region: Baguirmi department, Massenya subprefecture; Hadjer-Lamis region: Dagana department, Massakory subprefecture; Kanem region: Kanem department, Rig-Rig subprefecture; possibly Lac region; Mayo-Kebbi Ouest region: Léré and Pala area.
- Dialects
- Kano-Katsina, Bororro (Ako, Bororo, Mbororo, Nomadic Fulfulde).
- Language Status
- 6a (Vigorous)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. Muslim. View other languages of Chad
Language Name
Fulfulde, Nigerian
Map
Location: Widespread.
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