Fulfulde, Adamawa

A language of Cameroon

Location

Widespead in Adamawa, Far North, and North regions.

Also spoken in:

Expand All

Collapse All

Chad

Language NameFulfulde, Adamawa

User Population

271,000 in Chad (2019).

Location

Mayo-Kebbi Ouest region: Lac Léré department.

Alternate Names

Adamawa Fulani, Biira, Boulbe, Domona, Dzemay, Eastern Fulani, Foulfoulde, Ful, Fula Fulbe, Fulfulde, Nagapelta, Palata, Paldena, Paldida, Pelta Hay, Peul, Peulh, Pladina, Pule, Pullo, Sanyo, Taareyo, Zaakosa, Zemay

Dialects

Maroua, Garoua, Ngaoundéré, Kambariire, Nomadic Fulfulde, Bilkire Fulani (Bilkiri).

Language Status

5* (Dispersed).

Other Comments

Traditional religion, Muslim.

View other languages of Chad

Nigeria

Language NameFulfulde, Adamawa

User Population

7,610,000 all Fulfulde in Nigeria (1991 SIL).

Location

Adamawa and Taraba states: Yola area.

Alternate Names

Eastern Fulfulde, Fillanci, Fula, Fulani, Fulatanchi, Fulbe, Fulfulde

Language Status

5 (Dispersed). De facto language of provincial identity in Adamwa and Taraba states.

Language Use

Used by all. Used as L2 by Bacama [bcy], Bade [bde], Bata [bta], Dadiya [dbd], Hya [hya], Jilbe [jie].

Language Development

Government has a nomadic education program with materials (2013 R. Wenger).

Other Comments

Traditional religion, Muslim.

View other languages of Nigeria

South Sudan

Language NameFulfulde, Adamawa

Location

Scattered, in Western Bahr al Ghazal state.

Alternate Names

Fulfulde

Language Status

6a* (Vigorous).

Other Comments

Non-indigenous. Migrating groups of Ambororo cattle herders.

View other languages of South Sudan

Sudan

Language NameFulfulde, Adamawa

User Population

204,000 in Sudan (2017).

Location

Blue Nile, Gederef, Sennar, and South Darfur states: Blue Nile river towns; possibly North Kordofan and South Kordofan states, scattered.

Alternate Names

Fellata, Fulfulde

Dialects

Gombe.

Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

Language Use

Also use Hausa [hau]. Also use Humburi Senni Songhay [hmb]. Also use Sudanese Spoken Arabic [apd].

Other Comments

Non-indigenous. Migration originally from Sokoto, Adamawa, and Gombe in Nigeria, Maasina in Mali, Liptaako and Jelgooji in Burkina Faso, also the Wodaabe lineage, and from Cameroon. Influenced by Arabic.

View other languages of Sudan

United States

Language NameFulfulde, Adamawa

User Population

30,500 in United States (2015 census). Predominant Fulfulde language in the United States.

Location

Scattered.

Language Status

Unestablished.

Language Use

Many also use English [eng].

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

View other languages of United States

Fulfulde, Adamawa

Primary tabs

A language of Cameroon

Also spoken in:

Browse by

25th Edition

Products

Related Sites