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" Fulbe, Fulfulde - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Hanson, John H.
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English
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1061692
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ALei2089
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Hanson, John H.
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Fulbe, Fulfulde - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Hanson, John H.
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Leiden: Brill
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| Title of Periodical
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Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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(1,830 words)
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| Abstract
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Fulbe (sing. Pullo) is an ethnonym of a widely dispersed group of West Africans, also known as Fula, Fulani, Peul, Fellata, and Fulfulde is the language of the Fulbe, known in the western Sahel as Pular. Fulfulde/Pular is a member of the West Atlantic group of the Niger-Congo language family, along with the Senegambian languages Serer, Wolof, and others. Fulfulde/Pular has multiple dialects and incorporates loanwords from Arabic and from Hausa, Mande, and other West African languages. Linguists render Fulfulde/Pular in Latin script with additional distinctive
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Islam.
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ALei2089.pdf
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