Fulfulde is spoken by millions of people across a vast geographical area stretching across West and Central Africa and far beyond through the diaspora. This wide distribution is one of the language’s greatest strengths. It has also given Fulfulde a remarkable linguistic diversity, with regional varieties, different pronunciations, vocabulary and expressions shaped by generations of speakers and by the communities in which they live.
The Fulfulde Language Center Dictionary is an ambitious community-driven project to document this linguistic wealth and make it accessible to everyone.
Our goal is not simply to create another list of Fulfulde words and their translations. We want to progressively build a living, reliable and well-documented digital dictionary, combining the knowledge of ordinary Fulfulde speakers with the contributions of educators, researchers, linguists and other people with expertise in the language.