Langenesis

Niger-Congo family

Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar)

c. 1000 CE – today Living

Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar) (c. 1000 CE – today) is a living Niger-Congo language. Lineage: Proto-Niger-Congo → Proto-Atlantic-Congo → Proto-Atlantic → Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar).

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Speakers
37M (37,000,000)
ISO 639-3
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North Atlantic (Senegambian) language spoken as a dialect continuum from Senegal to Sudan, spread by Fulani pastoralist migrations. Closest relatives are Serer and Wolof.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Niger-Congoc. 10,000 BCE – 7,000 BCE
  2. Proto-Atlantic-Congoc. 7,000 BCE – 5,000 BCE
  3. Proto-Atlanticc. 5,000 BCE – 3,000 BCE
  4. Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar)c. 1000 CE – today

Sister languages 2

Also descended from Proto-Atlantic.

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