Pulaar

Pulaar is a Fula language spoken primarily as a first language by Fula people and Tukolor in the Senegal River valley area traditionally known as Futa Tooro, and further south and east. Pulaar speakers, known as Haalpulaar'en""' live in Senegal, Mauritania, Gambia, and western Mali.

According to "Ethnologue" there are several dialect differences, but all are inherently intelligible.

Pulaar is not to be confused with Pular, another variety of Fula spoken natively to the south, especially in Guinea (including the Fouta Jalon region).

It is written in a modified Latin alphabet but historically was written in the Arabic script.

Linguistic features

The negative accomplished verb form ends in "-aani". (This is slightly different from Maasina Fulfulde and Pular.)

References

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=fuc "Ethnologue" page on Pulaar]