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Fu•la•ni
(fo̅o̅′lä nē, fŏŏ lä′-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -nis, (esp. collectively) -ni for 1.
- Language VarietiesAlso, Fulah. a member of a pastoral and nomadic people of mixed African and Mediterranean ancestry, scattered through W Africa from Senegal to Cameroon.
- Language Varietiesthe language of the Fulani, a Niger-Congo language closely related to Wolof.
'Fulani' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Mauritania
- Nigeria
- West Atlantic
- Ful
- Fula
- Fulah
- Fulani Empire
- mojo
- Peul
- Wolof
- yam