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unusual facts about Fula language


Sona Tata Condé

The title track, Simbo, is a love song to her husband and like many of her other songs, is not only sung in her native Malinke, but in other languages used in Guinea's capital, Conakry, including the Fula, Susu, French and English languages.


Culture of Niger

While French has been the cross cultural language of choice since independence, there are eight other official languages spoken in Niger, which include Hausa, Zarma/Songhai, Tamajeq, Fulfulde, Kanuri, Arabic, Gurmantche, and Toubou.

Hamitic

In 1912, Carl Meinhof published Die Sprachen der Hamiten (The Languages of the Hamites) in which he expanded Lepsius's model, adding the Fula, Maasai, Bari, Nandi, Sandawe and Hadza languages to the Hamitic group.

Pterocarpus erinaceus

Other names for the tree include bani in Fulfulde, tolo in Djerma, and ban in Serer.


see also

Pular

Pular language, a Fula language, spoken mainly in Guinea, West Africa