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Fulah, n. and a.|ˈfuːlə|
Also Foulah, Ful, Fula.
A. n.
a. One of a Sudanese people of partly non-Negro extraction.
b. The language of this people.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to this people or their language. Also called Fulbe, Fullatah, etc. Cf. next.
1832Jrnl. R. Geogr. Soc. II. 283 The principal internal trade is maintained with the Foulahs. 1854E. Norris MacBrair's Gram. Fulah Lang. 1 The pronunciation of the Fulah language is rather guttural. Ibid. 4 Terminations expressing the size of objects are very common in Fulah. 1875Encycl. Brit. I. 263/1 The Foulahs or Fellatas occupy the central parts of the Soudan. 1884Ibid. XVII. 318/1 Nor is it possible to regard the..Fulah, and many other Soudanese tongues as fragments or offshoots of Bantu. 1887Ibid. XXII. 278/2 Recent research has shown..that the Fulahs and Nubians differ fundamentally in speech and physique, the former being of Caucasic and the latter of Negro type. 1901Ibid. XXIX. 234/1 Most of the kings and of the ruling class are not Hausas, but belong to a tribe variously called Fulah, Fulani, Fulbe, or Fullatah. Whilst the Hausas are a quiet commercial people, the Fulahs are a race of soldiers and rulers. 1921E. Sapir Lang. 75 Ful, an African language of the Soudan. 1938J. Cary Castle Corner 351 The Emir was a high bred Fulbe. 1957M. Banton W. Afr. City ii. 34 After the French colonies had joined the Allies, Fula traders appeared in greater numbers. |