Fula Definition & Meaning

fula
noun
  1. a member of a pastoral and nomadic people of western Africa; they are traditionally cattle herders of Muslim faith
  2. a family of languages of the Fulani of West Africa and used as a lingua franca in the sub-Saharan regions from Senegal to Chad; the best known of the West African languages

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