Atlantic-Congo · ISO 639-3 ffm
Maasina Fulfulde Language
Maasina Fulfulde is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken by about 1.5 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Maasina Fulfulde is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Maasina Fulfulde
Language family
- Atlantic-Congo
- North-Central Atlantic
- Fula-Sereer
- Fula
- Maasina Fulfulde
Writing system
Latin script
Related languages
About the Maasina Fulfulde language
Maasina Fulfulde is spoken by about 1.5 million people, which makes it the 366th most spoken language in the world — just behind Dombe (1.5 million) and ahead of Ho (1.5 million). It belongs to the Atlantic-Congo language family and, more precisely, to the Fula group within the Fula-Sereer branch.
Where is Maasina Fulfulde spoken?
Maasina Fulfulde is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Mali (1.7 million).
Maasina Fulfulde is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Maasina Fulfulde is written in the Latin script. It is a safe, widely transmitted language: children still learn it at home as their first language.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Nigerian Fulfulde, Pulaar, Pular, Central-Eastern Niger Fulfulde and Serer.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 ffm.
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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.