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Fula people

Fula people

Ethnic group in the Sahel and West Africa Ethnic group Fulani, FulaFulɓe𞤊𞤵𞤤𞤩𞤫Wodaabe Fulbe men during Guérewol in NigerTotal populationest. 38.6 million[citation needed]Regions with significant populationsWest Africa, North Africa, Central Africa Nigeria15,300,000 (6.6%) Senegal5,055,782 (27.5%) Guinea4,544,000 (33.4%) Cameroon3,000,000 (13.4%) Mali2,840,850 (13.3%) Burkina Faso1,800,000 (8.4%) Niger1,650,000 (6.5%) Benin1,182,900 (8.6%) Mauritania900,000 (18.3%) Guinea-Bissau623,646 (30%) Gambia449,280 (18.2%) Chad334,000 (1.8%) Sierra Leone310,000 (5%) CAR250,000 (4.5%) Sudan204,000 (0.4%) Togo110,000 (1.2%) Ghana4,240 (0.01%) Algeria4,000 (0.01%)[citation needed] Ivory Coast3,800 (0.02%) South Sudan3,000 (0.02%)LanguagesFula • French • Portuguese • English • Arabic • HausaReligionprimarily Islamminority Christianity and AnimismRelated ethnic groupsToucouleur, Hausa, Tebu, Serer, Songhai, Tuareg PersonPullo 𞤆𞤵𞤤𞥆𞤮PeopleFulɓe 𞤊𞤵𞤤𞤩𞤫LanguagePulaar (𞤆𞤵𞤤𞤢𞥄𞤪, West),Fulfulde (𞤊𞤵𞤤𞤬𞤵𞤤𞤣𞤫, East) The Fula people, Fulani people, or Fulɓe are an ethnic group in the Sahara, Sahel, and West Africa