Fulfulde is a language spoken in Adamawa State, according to Roger Blench's Atlas of Nigerian Languages (2020), which classifies it as Atlantic (Northern branch, Senegal group).
- Type
- Language
- Glottocode
- fula1264
Fulfulde is a language spoken in Adamawa State, according to Roger Blench's Atlas of Nigerian Languages (2020), which classifies it as Atlantic (Northern branch, Senegal group). Other names include Fillanci, Filatanci, Fula. The Atlas describes it as scattered throughout Nigeria and spoken in other countries of West-Central Africa, and names three main dialects in Nigeria: Central (Kano–Katsina–Bauchi–Borno), East (Adamawa) and West (Sokoto). Its Adamawa entries name Fulfulde as a second language of the Ɓile, and as the language that has replaced Holma. The Atlas cites speaker figures of 3,000,000 (1952). Its speakers are the Fulɓe (singular Pullo), known in Nigeria as Fulani. It has an official orthography and a newspaper; the New Testament appeared in 1964 and 1968 and the complete Bible in 1983 (in Cameroon). Glottolog treats Fula as a family (fula1264), within which it lists Adamawa Fulfulde.
- Filatanci
- Fillanci
- Fula
- An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (2020 edition) — Roger Blench, Kay Williamson Educational Foundation / McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, 2020 · link
- Glottolog language index (resourcemap) — Glottolog · link
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Archive ID: LANG-FULFULDE · Last updated 30 September 2026.
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