Pular
Pular is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Mali, Senegal, Guinea, and Sierra Leone.
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Pular (𞤆𞤵𞤤𞤢𞤪), also referred to as Pula Futa, is a Fula language spoken primarily by the Fula people of Fouta Djallon, Guinea. It is also spoken in Guinea-Bissau, Gambia, Senegal and in parts of Sierra Leone. There are a small number of speakers in Mali. Pular is spoken by 4.3 million Guineans, about 55% of the national population. This makes Pular the most widely spoken indigenous language in the country. Substantial numbers of Pular speakers have migrated to other countries in West Africa, notably Senegal and Ivory Coast.
Pular is not to be confused with Pulaar, another Fula language spoken natively in Guinea, Senegal, Mauritania, and western Mali (including the Futa Tooro region).
Pular is written in three alphabets: Adlam script, Ajami script and the Latin script.
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Written down
NEDDHANKE EN FOW DYIBINTE NO HETTII NO FOTA E DHI FOW, E NDIMU E HANDANDHI. BHE DYIBINDINTE E HAGGHIL E FAAMU ; HIBHE HAANI DYOGONDIRDE E NDER HAGGHIL NEENEGOOTAANKAAKU.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Pular
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| man | gorko | |
| woman | debbo | |
| eye | yitere | |
| heart | ɓernde | |
| head | hoore | |
| blood | ƴiiƴam | |
| liver | keenye | |
| water | ndiyam | |
| moon | lewru | |
| river | maayo | |
| leaf | haako | |
| dog | bareeru | |
| cat | ñaariiru | |
| fish | liingu | |
| horse | puccu | |
| cow | nagge | |
| ten | sappo | |
| I | mi | |
| coffee | kofi | |
| rice | maaro | |
| bread | mburu | |
| milk | kosam | |
| egg | boofo | |
| honey | njuumri | |
| hello | mihofnima | |
| thank you | a jaraama | |
| book | deftere | |
| money | kaalisi |
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Maasina FulfuldeAtlantic-Congo56% alike
- Hausa States FulfuldeAtlantic-Congo55% alike
- Western Niger FulfuldeAtlantic-Congo53% alike
- PulaarAtlantic-Congo50% alike
- Adamawa FulfuldeAtlantic-Congo48% alike
- Borgu FulfuldeAtlantic-Congo46% alike
Grammar
- Hausa States FulfuldeAtlantic-Congo97% alike
- Maasina FulfuldeAtlantic-Congo97% alike
- PulaarAtlantic-Congo94% alike
- South-Central KoongoAtlantic-Congo84% alike
- KeerakAtlantic-Congo84% alike
- LikoAtlantic-Congo82% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · pula1262 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · fuf