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{{Short description|Indigenous language widely spoken in Guinea and surrounding countries}}
{{distinguish|Pulaar language}}
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{{Infobox language  
| name             = Pular
| nativename       = Pular <small>{{script/Arabic|بُۛلَر}} {{script/Adlam|𞤆𞤵𞤤𞤢𞤪}}</small><br>Pular Fuuta Jalon<br><small>{{script/Arabic|بُۛلَر ࢻُوتَ جَلࣾو}}<br>{{script/Adlam|𞤆𞤵𞤤𞤢𞤪 𞤊𞤵𞥅𞤼𞤢 𞤔𞤢𞤤𞤮𞥅}}</small>
| states           = [[Guinea]], [[Guinea-Bissau]], [[Sierra Leone]], [[Mali]]
| region           = [[Fouta Djallon]], [[Guinea]]
| ethnicity        = [[Fula people|Fula]]
| speakers         = {{sigfig|4.846200|2}} million
| date             = 2000–2022
| ref              = e26
| familycolor      = Niger-Congo
| fam2             = [[Atlantic–Congo languages|Atlantic–Congo]]
| fam3             = [[Senegambian languages|Senegambian]]
| fam4             = [[Fula language|Fula–Wolof]]
| fam5             = [[Fula language|Fula]]
| fam6             = [[Fula language|West Central]]
| nation           = 
| script           = [[Fula orthographies#Guinea|Fula alphabets]] ([[Adlam script|Adlam]], [[Ajami script|Ajami]], [[Latin script|Latin]])
| iso3             = fuf
| glotto           = pula1262
| glottorefname    = Pular
}}

[[File:WIKITONGUES-_Ibrahima_speaking_Pular.webm|thumb|Ibrahima, a speaker of Pular from Guinea]]
[[File:Wikitongues- Leo speaking Pular and West African French.webm|thumb|A Pular and French speaker from [[Labé]]]]

'''Pular''' ({{Lang|fuf|𞤆𞤵𞤤𞤢𞤪}}), often referred to as Pula Futa, is a [[Fula language]] spoken primarily by the [[Fula people]] of [[Fouta Djallon]], [[Guinea]]. It is also spoken in [[Guinea-Bissau]], [[The Gambia|Gambia]], [[Senegal]] and in parts of [[Sierra Leone]]. There are a small number of speakers in [[Mali]]. Pular is spoken by 4.3 million Guineans, about 55% of the national population.<ref name=e26/> This makes Pular the most widely spoken [[indigenous language]] in the country. Substantial numbers of Pular speakers have migrated to other countries in [[West Africa]], notably [[Senegal]] and [[Ivory Coast]].

Pular is not to be confused with [[Pulaar language|Pulaar]], another Fula language spoken natively in Guinea, Senegal, [[Mauritania]], and western Mali (including the [[Futa Tooro]] region).

Pular is written in three alphabets: [[Adlam script]], [[Ajami script]] and the [[Latin script]].

==Linguistic features==

{{main|Fula language}}

There are some particularities to this version of Fula, including:
*Use of plural form for politeness (such as in German or French, unlike other varieties of Fula)
*A number of separate verbal roots for politeness (these may exist only in Pular)
*There is no initial [[Consonant mutation#Fula|consonant mutation]] from singular to plural verb forms as is the case in other varieties of Fula (there is in nominal forms, however)
*In addition to the more standard long-form pronouns of Fula there are alternate forms in Pular (= hi(l) + pronoun). The table below summarizes these (question marks where the info is not complete)<!--someone needs to verify this - it is from imperfect memory-->:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Person / number
! Standard long-form pronoun
''(as in Pulaar)''
! Corresponding form in Pular 
|-
| 1st / sing
| miɗo
| miɗo
hilan (non-standard alternate form)
|-
| 2nd / sing
| aɗa
| hiɗa
|-
| 3rd / sing
| omo
| himo
|-
| 1st /pl (excl)
| miɗen, amin
| meɗen
himen (non-standard alternate form)
|-
| 1st / pl (incl)
| eɗen
| hiɗen
|-
| 2nd / pl 
| oɗon
| hiɗon
|-
| 3rd / pl
| eɓe
| hiɓe
|}

==Writing==

{{main|Fula alphabets}}

Like other varieties of the [[Fula language]], Pular was written before colonization in an Arabic-based orthography called Ajami. Today, Ajami remains prevalent in rural areas of Fouta Djallon, but Pular is mainly written in a Latin-based orthography, the so-called UNESCO orthography and the [[Adlam script]], an indigenous alphabet created at the end of the 1980s by two brothers for the [[Fula language|Fula]] language. Adlam have widely spread over the years in over 20 countries.

Up until 1989, Pular in Guinea was written with the [[Guinean languages alphabet]] that differed from that used in other countries.<ref name="latinguinea">Sâa Gilbert Ifono. (2015) ''Le nouvel alphabet des langues guineennes'' [https://catalogingafricana.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/guinean-alphabet-part-1.pdf]</ref>

===Latin Alphabet===

{|class="wikitable"
|+ Pular Latin alphabet<ref name="latinguinea"/>
| A a || B b || Ɓ ɓ || C c || D d || Ɗ ɗ || E e || F f || G g || Ɠ ɠ || H h || Ii || J j || K k || L l || M m 
|-
| {{IPAblink|a}} ||{{IPAblink|b}} || {{IPAblink|ɓ}} ||{{IPAblink|t͡ʃ}} ||{{IPAblink|d}} || {{IPAblink|ɗ}} ||{{IPAblink|e}}  ||{{IPAblink|f}} ||{{IPAblink|g}} || {{IPAblink|q}} ||{{IPAblink|h}} ||{{IPAblink|i}} ||{{IPAblink|d͡ʒ}} ||{{IPAblink|k}} ||{{IPAblink|l}} ||{{IPAblink|m}} 
|-
| N n || Nb nb || Nd nd || Ng ng || Nj nj || Ñ ñ || Ŋ ŋ || O o || P p || R r || S s || T t || U u || W w || Y y || Ƴ ƴ
|-
| {{IPAblink|n}} || {{IPAblink|ᵐb}} || {{IPAblink|ⁿd}} || {{IPAblink|ᵑɡ}} || {{IPAblink|ᶮd͡ʒ}} || {{IPAblink|ɲ}} || {{IPAblink|ŋ}} || {{IPAblink|o}} ||{{IPAblink|p}} ||{{IPAblink|r}} ||{{IPAblink|s}} ||{{IPAblink|t}} ||{{IPAblink|u}} ||{{IPAblink|w}} ||{{IPAblink|j}} || {{IPAblink|jˤ}}
|}

===Pre-1989 Latin Alphabet===

{|class="wikitable"
|+ Pre-1989 Pular Latin alphabet
| A a || B b || Bh bh || D d || Dh dh || Dy dy|| E e || F f || G g || Gh gh || H h || Ii || J j || K k || L l || M m || Mb mb
|-
| {{IPAblink|a}} ||{{IPAblink|b}} || {{IPAblink|ɓ}} ||{{IPAblink|d}} || {{IPAblink|ɗ}} || {{IPAblink|d͡ʒ}} ||{{IPAblink|e}}  ||{{IPAblink|f}} ||{{IPAblink|g}} || {{IPAblink|q}} ||{{IPAblink|h}} ||{{IPAblink|i}} ||{{IPAblink|ʒ}} ||{{IPAblink|k}} ||{{IPAblink|l}} ||{{IPAblink|m}} || {{IPAblink|ᵐb}}
|-
| N n || Nd nd || Ndy ndy || Ng ng || Nh nh || Ny ny || O o || P p || R r || S s || T t || Ty ty || U u || W w || Y y || Yh yh
|-
| {{IPAblink|n}} || {{IPAblink|ⁿd}} || {{IPAblink|ᶮd͡ʒ}} || {{IPAblink|ᵑɡ}} || {{IPAblink|ŋ}} || {{IPAblink|ɲ}} || {{IPAblink|o}} ||{{IPAblink|p}} ||{{IPAblink|r}} ||{{IPAblink|s}} ||{{IPAblink|t}} || {{IPAblink|t͡ʃ}} ||{{IPAblink|u}} ||{{IPAblink|w}} ||{{IPAblink|j}} || {{IPAblink|jˤ}}
|}

===Pular Ajami Alphabet===

Despite decades of official endorsement and preference granted to the Latin Alphabet, Pular Ajami writing still remains widespread in every segment of [[Fouta Djallon|Fuuta Jalon]] society. The study and literacy in Pular Ajami still forms an important part of Fula-speaking children's formative years.

But despite its widespread and historic usage, the Pular Ajami script remains basic and without standardization, although consistently in the [[Maghrebi script]]. The alphabet does not contain any additional letters to represent consonant phonemes that don't exist in Arabic. A single Arabic letter can correspond to multiple Latin letters and digraphs. Some authors do use small dots and markings to denote a different pronunciation. For example, in a Pular text, one may see the letter ''ba'' with three small dots '{{script/Arabic|ݑ‎}}' to indicate a [ɓ] or [p] pronunciation instead of a [b] pronunciation.<ref name="fulamanu">[https://sites.bu.edu/nehajami/the-four-languages/fula/fula-manuscripts/ Boston University NEH Ajami, Fula Manuscripts]</ref>

Unlike consonants, there are no variations in writing of vowels, and there does exist a universally accepted convention for them in Pular Ajami. While Arabic has 3 basic vowels, Pular has 5. Vowels [a], [i], and [u] are written with the three [[Arabic diacritics]], whereas vowel [e] is written with the Quranic notation commonly found in books of [[Warsh]] tradition, which is a 'dot below' diacritic, and vowel [o] is written with 'damma' ([u]) with a dot on top. Vowels at the beginning of syllables are written not with ''alif'' or ''hamza'' as is common in Arabic, but with ''‘ayin''. Vowel lengthening is done with a succeeding ''alif'' for [aː], a succeeding ''yaa'' for [eː] and [iː], and succeeding ''waawu'' for [oː] and [uː].<ref name="fulamanu"/><ref name=proposal>{{cite web |first1=Lorna A |last1=Priest |first2=Martin |last2=Hosken |author3=SIL International |author3-link=SIL International |title=''Proposal to add Arabic script characters for African and Asian languages'' |date=12 August 2010 |url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2010/10288r-arabic-proposal.pdf |pages=13–18, 34–37}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable Unicode" dir="rtl"
|+ Pular Ajami alphabet{{cn|date=May 2025}}
|-
! Arabic<br><small>(Latin)</small><br><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" bgcolor="#FFEFD5" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ا}}</span><br><small>‌( - / ’ / Aa aa )</small><br>{{IPAblink|∅}}/{{IPAblink|ʔ}}/{{IPAblink|aː}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:100%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ب}}</span><br><small>‌(B b)</small><br>{{IPAblink|b}} 
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" bgcolor="#d0dead" | <span style="font-size:100%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ݑ}}</span><br><small>‌(Ɓ ɓ / P p)</small><br>{{IPAblink|ɓ}}/{{IPAblink|p}} 
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:100%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ت}}</span><br><small>‌(T t)</small><br>{{IPAblink|t}} 
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" bgcolor="#FFEFD5" | <span style="font-size:100%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ث}}</span><br><small>‌(S s)</small><br>{{IPAblink|s}} 
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:100%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ج}}</span><br><small>‌(C c / J j)</small><br>{{IPAblink|t͡ʃ}}/{{IPAblink|d͡ʒ}} 
|-
! Arabic<br><small>(Latin)</small><br><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" bgcolor="#d0dead" | <span style="font-size:100%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|جۛ}}</span><br><small>‌(Ñ ñ / Ƴ ƴ)</small><br>{{IPAblink|ɲ}}/{{IPAblink|jˤ}} 
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" bgcolor="#FFEFD5" | <span style="font-size:100%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ح}}</span><br><small>‌(H h)</small><br>{{IPAblink|h}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" bgcolor="#FFEFD5" | <span style="font-size:100%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|خ}}</span><br><small>‌(K k)</small><br>{{IPAblink|k}}({{IPAblink|x}})
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:100%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|د}}</span><br><small>‌(D d / Nd nd)</small><br>{{IPAblink|d}}/{{IPAblink|ⁿd}} 
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" bgcolor="#FFEFD5" | <span style="font-size:100%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ذ}}</span><br><small>‌(J j)</small><br>{{IPAblink|d͡ʒ}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:100%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ر}}</span><br>(R r)<br>{{IPAblink|r}}
|-
! Arabic<br><small>(Latin)</small><br><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" bgcolor="#FFEFD5" | <span style="font-size:100%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ز}}</span><br><small>‌(J j)</small><br>{{IPAblink|d͡ʒ}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:100%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|س}}</span><br><small>‌(S s)</small><br>{{IPAblink|s}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" bgcolor="#FFEFD5" | <span style="font-size:100%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ش}}</span><br><small>‌(S s)</small><br>{{IPAblink|s}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" bgcolor="#FFEFD5" | <span style="font-size:100%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ص}}</span><br><small>‌(S s)</small><br>{{IPAblink|s}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" bgcolor="#FFEFD5" | <span style="font-size:100%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ض}}</span><br><small>‌(L l)</small><br>{{IPAblink|l}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ط}}</span><br><small>‌(Ɗ ɗ)</small><br>{{IPAblink|ɗ}}
|-
! Arabic<br><small>(Latin)</small><br><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" bgcolor="#FFEFD5" | <span style="font-size:100%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ظ}}</span><br><small>‌(J j)</small><br>{{IPAblink|d͡ʒ}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:100%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ع}}</span><br><small>‌(- / ’ )</small><br>{{IPAblink|ʔ}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" bgcolor="#FFEFD5" | <span style="font-size:100%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|غ}}</span><br><small>‌(Kh kh)</small><br>{{IPAblink|ɡ}} 
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:100%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ࢻـ ࢻ}}</span><br><small>‌(F f)</small><br>{{IPAblink|f}}  
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:100%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ࢼـ ࢼ}}</span><br><small>‌(G g / Ɠ ɠ)</small><br>{{IPAblink|g}}/{{IPAblink|q}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;"  bgcolor="#d0dead" | <span style="font-size:100%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ࢼۛـ ࢼۛ}}</span><br><small>‌(Ng ng)</small><br>{{IPAblink|ᵑɡ}}
|-
! Arabic<br><small>(Latin)</small><br><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:100%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ک}}</span><br><small>‌(K k)</small><br>{{IPAblink|k}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:100%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ل}}</span><br><small>‌(L l)</small><br>{{IPAblink|l}}  
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:100%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|م}}</span><br><small>‌(M m)</small><br>{{IPAblink|m}}  
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:100%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ࢽـ ࢽ}}</span><br><small>‌(N n)</small><br>{{IPAblink|n}} 
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" bgcolor="#d0dead" | <span style="font-size:100%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ࢽْ}}</span><br><small>‌(Ŋ ŋ)</small><br>{{IPAblink|ŋ}} 
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" bgcolor="#d0dead" | <span style="font-size:100%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ࢽۛب}}</span><br><small>‌(Nb nb)</small><br>{{IPAblink|ᵐb}}
|-
! Arabic<br><small>(Latin)</small><br><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" bgcolor="#d0dead" | <span style="font-size:100%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ࢽۛج}}</span><br><small>‌(Nj nj)</small><br>{{IPAblink|ᶮd͡ʒ}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:100%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ه}}</span><br><small>‌(H h)</small><br>{{IPAblink|h}} 
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:100%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|و}}</span><br><small>‌(W w / Oo oo / Uu uu)</small><br>{{IPAblink|w}}/{{IPAblink|oː}}/{{IPAblink|uː}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:100%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ي}}</span><br><small>‌(Y y / Ee ee / Ii ii)</small><br>{{IPAblink|j}}/{{IPAblink|eː}}/{{IPAblink|iː}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" bgcolor="#FFEFD5" | <span style="font-size:100%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ء}}</span><br><small>‌( ’ )</small><br>{{IPAblink|ʔ}} 
|}

{|
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Vowel at the beginning of a word 
|-
! A || E || I || O || U
|-
! colspan="5"|Short Vowels
|-dir="rtl"
| <span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Arabic|عَـ / عَ}}</span>
| <span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Arabic|عٜـ / عٜ}}</span>
| <span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Arabic|عِـ / عِ}}</span>
| <span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Arabic|عࣾـ / عࣾ}}</span>
| <span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Arabic|عُـ / عُ}}</span>
|-
! colspan="5"|Long Vowels
|-
! Aa || Ee || Ii || Oo || Uu
|-dir="rtl"
| <span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Arabic|عَا}}</span>
| <span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Arabic|عٜيـ / عٜي}}</span>
| <span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Arabic|عِيـ / عِي}}</span>
| <span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Arabic|عࣾو}}</span>
| <span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Arabic|عُو}}</span>
|}
|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Vowel at the middle or end of a word 
|-
! a || e || i || o ||u || ∅
|-
! colspan="6"|Short Vowels
|-dir="rtl"
| <span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1.65;">{{Script/Arabic|◌َ}}</span>
| <span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1.65;">{{Script/Arabic|◌ٜ}}</span>
| <span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1.65;">{{Script/Arabic|◌ِ}}</span>
| <span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1.65;">{{Script/Arabic|◌ࣾ}}</span>
| <span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1.65;">{{Script/Arabic|◌ُ}}</span>
| <span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1.65;">{{Script/Arabic|◌ْ}}</span>
|-
! colspan="6"|Long Vowels
|-
! aa || ee || ii || oo || uu ||
|-dir="rtl"
| <span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1.65;">{{Script/Arabic|◌َا / ـَا}}</span>
| <span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1.65;">{{Script/Arabic|◌ٜيـ / ـٜيـ}}<br>{{Script/Arabic|◌ٜي / ـٜي}}</span>
| <span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1.65;">{{Script/Arabic|◌ِيـ / ـِيـ}}<br>{{Script/Arabic|◌ِي / ـِي}}</span>
| <span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1.65;">{{Script/Arabic|◌ࣾو / ـࣾو}}</span>
| <span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1.65;">{{Script/Arabic|◌ُو / ـُو}}</span>
|}
|}

==Sample Text==
Below is a short segment of a larger poetry, called "the Mine of Happiness" (Oogirde Malal, {{script/Arabic|عࣾوࢼِرْدٜ مَلَلْ}}, {{script/Adlam|𞤌𞥅𞤺𞤭𞤪𞤣𞤫 𞤃𞤢𞤤𞤢𞤤}}).<ref>Tierno Muhammadu Samba Mombeya. webFuuta. ''Oogirde Malal — Ma'adinus Sa'aadati - Ajami - Deftere Daaralabe''. Collection Classiques africains. Armand Colin. Paris. 1971. 202 p. [https://www.webfuuta.site/bibliotheque/aisow/oogirde-malal/ajami/oogirde-01.html]</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="table-layout:fixed;width:100%"
!English Translation
!Latin Script
!Ajami Script
!Adlam Script
|-
|<poem>O listener, listen to the words of the little man,
the humble subject, the weak, if you want Happiness;<br>
The child of the humble Sa'iidu Muhammadu,
of the Seele lineage, from the land of Fuuta,<br>
From the village of Mombeya, Lash'arî
of School and Malekite of Way<br>
I will thank my Master without interruption.
May he bless the Prophet filled with excellence.</poem>
|<poem>Yaa joom-nanugol, heɗo haala gorel,
jiyangel, lo'ungel, si a faala malal;<br>
Iwngel e Sa'iidu-Muhammaduwel,
Seelenke leɲol, Fuutanke laral,<br>
Mommbenke hoɗannde e Lash'ariyanke
to Kaɓɓe e Maalikiyanke Ɗatal.<br>
Miɗo yettira Joomam rewnindiral.
Yo O juul e Nulaaɗo yeɗaaɗo ɓural.</poem>
|dir="rtl" style="font-size:100%;line-height:1.65;"| <poem>{{Script/Arabic|يَاجࣾمْ نَنُࢼࣾلْ، هٜطࣾ حَالَ ࢼࣾرٜل،
جِيَࢼۛ‎ٜلْ، ضࣾعُࢼٜۛلْ، سِعَ ࢻَالَ مَلَلْ؞<br>
اِوْࢼٜۛلْ اٜ سَعِيدُ مُحَمَّدُ وٜلْ،
سٜيلٜنْکٜ لٜࢽۛجࣾلْ، ࢼُتَنْکٜ لَرَلْ،<br>
مࣾࢽۛبٜنْکٜ هࣾطَنْدٜ عٜلَشْعَرِ يَنْکٜ
تࣾکَبّٜۛ اٜ مَالِکِ يَنکٜ طَتَلْ؞<br>
مِطࣾيٜتِّرَ جࣾومَمْ رٜوْنِدِرَلْ؞
يࣾعࣾ جُولْ عٜنُلَاطُ يٜطَاطࣾ بۛࣾرَلْ؞}}</poem>
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‮𞤶𞤭𞤴𞤢𞤲'𞤺𞤫𞤤⹁ 𞤤𞤮'𞤵𞤲'𞤺𞤫𞤤⹁ 𞤧𞤭 𞤢 𞤬𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤢 𞤥𞤢𞤤𞤢𞤤⁏<br>
‮𞤋𞤱𞤲'𞤺𞤫𞤤 𞤫 𞤅𞤢’𞤭𞥅𞤣𞤵 𞤃𞤵𞤸𞤢𞤥𞥆𞤢𞤣𞤵𞤱𞤫𞤤⹁
‮𞤅𞤫𞥅𞤤𞤫𞤲𞤳𞤫 𞤤𞤫𞤻𞤮𞤤⹁ 𞤊𞤵𞥅𞤼𞤢𞤲𞤳𞤫 𞤤𞤢𞤪𞤢𞤤⹁<br>
‮𞤃𞤮𞤥𞤦𞤫𞤲𞤳𞤫 𞤸𞤮𞤯𞤢𞤲𞤣𞤫 𞤫 𞤂𞤢𞥃'𞤢𞤪𞤭𞤴𞤢𞤲𞤳𞤫
‮𞤼𞤮 𞤑𞤢𞤩𞥆𞤫 𞤫 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭𞤳𞤭𞤴𞤢𞤲𞤳𞤫 𞤍𞤢𞤼𞤢𞤤.<br>
‮𞤃𞤭𞤯𞤮 𞤴𞤫𞤼𞥆𞤭𞤪𞤢 𞤔𞤮𞥅𞤥𞤢𞤥 𞤪𞤫𞤱𞤲𞤭𞤲'𞤣𞤭𞤪𞤢𞤤.
‮𞤒𞤮 𞤌 𞤶𞤵𞥅𞤤 𞤫 𞤐𞤵𞤤𞤢𞥄𞤯𞤮 𞤴𞤫𞤯𞤢𞥄𞤯𞤮 𞤩𞤵𞤪𞤢𞤤.}}</poem>
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==Grammar==
{{Main|Pular grammar}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.ibamba.net/pular Miɗo Waawi Pular! Learner's guide to Pular (Fuuta Jallon)] by Herb Caudill and Ousmane Diallo

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