Atlantic-Congo · ISO 639-3 fuv
Nigerian Fulfulde Language
Nigerian Fulfulde is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken by about 15 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Nigerian Fulfulde is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Nigerian Fulfulde
Language family
- Atlantic-Congo
- North-Central Atlantic
- Fula-Sereer
- Fula
- Eastern Fula
- Nigerian Fulfulde
Writing system
Latin script
Related languages
About the Nigerian Fulfulde language
Nigerian Fulfulde is spoken by about 15 million people, which makes it the 89th most spoken language in the world — just behind Northern Kurdish (15 million) and ahead of Bavarian (14 million). It belongs to the Atlantic-Congo language family and, more precisely, to the Eastern Fula group within the Fula-Sereer branch.
Where is Nigerian Fulfulde spoken?
Nigerian Fulfulde is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Nigeria (16 million).
Nigerian Fulfulde is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Nigerian 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 Central-Eastern Niger Fulfulde, Pulaar, Pular, Maasina Fulfulde and Serer.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 fuv.
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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.