Fulani

[ foo-lah-nee, foo-lah- ]

noun

, plural Fu·la·nis, (especially collectively) Fu·la·ni

1. Also Fulah []. a member of a pastoral and nomadic people of mixed African and Mediterranean ancestry, scattered through western Africa from Senegal to Cameroon.
2. the language of the Fulani, a Niger-Congo language closely related to Wolof.

Fulani

/ ˈfuːlənɪ; fuːˈlɑːnɪ /

noun

1. the language of the Fula, belonging to the West Atlantic branch of the Niger-Congo family, widely used as a trade pidgin in W Africa
2. -nis-ni another name for Fula
3. -nis-ni a humped breed of cattle from W Africa

adjective

1. of or relating to the Fula or their language

Example Sentences

The San hunter-gatherers from Botswana have the longest leukocyte telomeres, and the Fulani pastoralists from Cameroon have the shortest telomeres.

From Science Daily

The kidnappers tend to be former herders from the Fulani ethnic group, who target villages where mainly Hausa farmers reside.

From BBC

"When I speak to the bandits, I understand those people," he says, adding that the negotiations tend to take place in Hausa, the lingua franca of the mainly Muslim north - though most kidnappers' mother tongue is Fulfulde, spoken by the Fulani people.

From BBC

Locals blamed the attacks on herders from the Fulani tribe, who have been accused of carrying out such mass killings across the northwest and central regions.

From Seattle Times

The trouble began after some armed thieves tried to steal cattle belonging to the Fulani, he said.

From BBC