Alternate Names: Fula, Fulani, Fulbe, Gorgal Fulfulde, Northeastern Burkina Faso Fulfulde, Peul, Peulh
Dialects: Bitinkoore, Dallol, Tera. A member of macrolanguage Fulah ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 450,000 in Niger (2007). Population total all countries: 1,230,000. Ethnic population: 1,000,000 (all Fulani).
Language Use: Vigorous. Some who move into the city speak Zarma [dje]. All domains. All ages. Most are bilingual. Also use Zarma [dje].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 5%–10%. Radio programs. TV. Bible portions: 2003–2005.
Typology: SVO; prepositions and postpositions; genitives, articles, adjectives, numerals, relatives after noun heads; question word final; 1 prefix, 9 suffixes; word order distinguishes subjects, objects, indirect objects, given and new information, topic and comment; verb affixes mark number, subject (obligatory); class marking with participle obligatory; middle and passive voice; causatives; CV, CVC, CVV, CVVC; nontonal.
Spoken In: Burkina Faso
Writing System: Arabic (Maghribi), Arabic (Naskh), Latin
Nation of Origin: Niger
Other Comments: The Fulbe from Senegal to Sudan consider themselves 1 ethnic group speaking 1 language, but acknowledge differences in speech. Muslim.