Atlantic-Congo · ISO 639-3 fuc
Pulaar Language
Pulaar is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken by about 4.5 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Pulaar is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Pulaar
Language family
- Atlantic-Congo
- North-Central Atlantic
- Fula-Sereer
- Fula
- Pulaar
Writing system
Latin script
Related languages
About the Pulaar language
Pulaar is spoken by about 4.5 million people, which makes it the 197th most spoken language in the world — just behind Eastern Oromo (4.5 million) and ahead of Tarifit (4.4 million). It belongs to the Atlantic-Congo language family and, more precisely, to the Fula group within the Fula-Sereer branch.
Where is Pulaar spoken?
Pulaar is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Senegal (3.7 million).
Pulaar is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Pulaar 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, Pular, Central-Eastern Niger Fulfulde, Maasina Fulfulde and Serer.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 fuc.
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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.