Fulani

(French) Ful

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

noun

plural

Fulanis ,

plural

Fulani .

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. another name for Fula

3. a humped breed of cattle from W Africa

adjective

1. of or relating to the Fula or their language

Example Sentences

Included in its list of perpetrators are Islamist militant groups like Boko Haram but also Fulani herders.

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Central Nigeria sees violence between Fulani Muslim herders and mostly Christian farmers, though experts say the conflicts are sparked by dwindling land and resources rather than religious differences.

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But much of the violence against Christians is carried out by the nomadic Fulani people.

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The nomadic Fulani community straddling the border region faces particular difficulties -- accused in both countries of collaborating with jihadists and attacked by the VDPs.

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Land-use clashes between nomadic cattle herders, often members of the Muslim Fulani ethnic group, and farmers who are mainly Christian are common in central Nigeria.

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