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Fulfulde, Bagirmi

A language of Chad

ISO 639-3: fui

Population  24,000 in Chad. Population total all countries: 180,000.
Region  Chari-Baguirmi region, Baguirmi Department, Massénya Subprefecture; Hadjer Lamis region, Dababa Department, Bokoro Subprefecture, between Bokoro and Massénya. Also in Central African Republic.
Language map  Chad, reference number 7
Alternate names   Baghirmi Peul, Bagirmi Fula
Dialects  May be similar to Bororo Fulfulde [fuv]; a nomadic group of Mbororo.
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Atlantic, Northern, Senegambian, Fulani-Wolof, Fula, Eastern
A member of macrolanguage Fulah [ful] (Senegal).
Language use  Trade language.
Comments  Spoken by people of Wodaabe lineage; also in northern Niger, northern Cameroon, Central African Republic. Nomadic. Different from Bagirmi [bmi], which is Nilo-Saharan.

Also spoken in:

Central African Republic

Language name   Fulfulde, Bagirmi
Population  156,000 in Central African Republic (1996).
Region  Widespread.
Alternate names  Baghirmi Peul, Bagirmi Fula
Language use  Also use Sango [sag].
Comments  Spoken by people of Wodaabe lineage who are also in northern Niger, northern Cameroon, Central African Republic. Nomadic. Different from Bagirmi [bmi] language of Chad, which is Nilo-Saharan.
 

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Academic Publications

HARRISON, Annette, author. 2003. "Fulfulde language family report."  Available online