Atlantic-Congo · ISO 639-3 ful · ff
Fulah Language Fulfulde
Fulah is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken by about 37 million people in 13 countries. It is written in the Latin, Adlam and Perso-Arabic scripts.
Where Fulah is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Fulah
All 13 countries
| Country | Speakers | Share | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
 Senegal | 3,957,975 | 21% | Regional official |
 Guinea | 3,636,412 | 26% | — |
 Mali | 1,714,000 | 7.79% | — |
 Cameroon | 1,114,779 | 3.6% | — |
 Mauritania | 246,698 | 5.7% | — |
 Burkina Faso | — | — | — |
 Ghana | — | — | — |
 Gambia | — | — | — |
 Guinea-Bissau | — | — | — |
 Liberia | — | — | — |
 Niger | — | — | — |
 Nigeria | — | — | — |
 Sierra Leone | — | — | — |
About the Fulah language
Fulah (Fulfulde) is spoken by about 37 million people. It belongs to the Atlantic-Congo language family.
Where is Fulah spoken?
Fulah is used in 13 countries. The largest communities live in Senegal (4.0 million), Guinea (3.6 million), Mali (1.7 million), Cameroon (1.1 million) and Mauritania (246,698).
Share of the population that speaks Fulah: Senegal 21% (4.0 million), Guinea 26% (3.6 million), Mali 7.8% (1.7 million), Cameroon 3.6% (1.1 million) and Mauritania 5.7% (246,698).
Fulah is not a national official language anywhere. It also has regional official status in Senegal.
Writing system and status
Fulah is written in the Latin, Adlam and Perso-Arabic scripts.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Swahili, Swahili, Yoruba, Igbo, Lingala, Nigerian Fulfulde and 2 more.
ISO codes: ISO 639-1 ff, ISO 639-3 ful.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.