Pular language

Pular
Pular بُۛلَر𞤆𞤵𞤤𞤢𞤪
Pular Fuuta Jalon
بُۛلَر ࢻُوتَ جَلࣾو
𞤆𞤵𞤤𞤢𞤪 𞤊𞤵𞥅𞤼𞤢 𞤔𞤢𞤤𞤮𞥅
Native toGuinea, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Mali
RegionFouta Djallon, Guinea
EthnicityFula
Native speakers
4.8 million (2000–2022)[1]
Fula alphabets (Adlam, Ajami, Latin)
Language codes
ISO 639-3fuf
Glottologpula1262
Ibrahima, a speaker of Pular from Guinea
A Pular and french speaker from Labé

Pular (𞤆𞤵𞤤𞤢𞤪) is a Fula language spoken primarily by the Fula people of Fouta Djallon, Guinea. It is also spoken in parts of Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, and Senegal. There are a small number of speakers in Mali. Pular is spoken by 4.3 million Guineans, about 55% of the national population.[1] 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.

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.

  1. ^ a b Pular at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Closed access icon