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Maasina Fulfulde

Maasina Fulfulde is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Mali, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, and Niger.

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Maasina Fulfulde · 11.1°N 3.6°W

Maasina Fulfulde is a variety of the Fula language. It is spoken mainly in Mali, Ivory Coast, and Ghana by 4.6 million people. The language has several mutually intelligible dialects albeit with some differences. The variety is named after the Macina region in Mali.

Maasinankoore is the most widely spoken dialect of Fula spoken in Mali and is a national language of the country.

According to Ethnologue there are two dialects - Western and Eastern - and "There are some dialect differences, but popular opinion is that all dialects in Mali are inherently intelligible."

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Words in Maasina Fulfulde

MeaningWordRomanization
personnedo*
nameinde*
eyeyitire*
earnowru*
nosehinere*
toothnyinde*
tonguedemngal*
handjuNngo*
bloodyiyam*
bonegi7al*
skinnguru*
kneehowru*
breastendu*
liverkenyere*
waterndiyam*
fireyite*
sunnange*
starhodere*
stonehayre*
mountaintulde*
treeleki*
leafhako*
nightjema*
dograwandu*
fishliNgu*
lousetemba*
onego7o*
twodidi*
Imi*
youada*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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Grammar

Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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