Fulfulde, Bagirmi

FUI

vigorous

Alternate Names: Baghirmi Peul, Bagirmi Fula

Dialects: None known. May be similar to Bororo Fulfulde ,; a nomadic group of Mbororo. A member of macrolanguage Fulah ,.

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Atlantic
Northern
Senegambian
Fula-Wolof
Fula
Eastern

Demographics: 24,000 in Chad. Population total all countries: 180,000.

Writing System: Unwritten

Nation of Origin: Chad

Other Comments: Spoken by people of Wodaabe lineage; also in northern Niger, northern Cameroon, Central African Republic. Nomadic. Different from Bagirmi ,, which is Nilo-Saharan.