a member of a pastoral and nomadic people of western
Africa; they are traditionally cattle herders of Muslim faith Synonym(s):Fulani, Fula, Fulah, Fellata, Fulbe
a family of languages of the Fulani of West Africa and used as a lingua franca in the sub-Saharan regions from Senegal to Chad; the best known of the West African languages Synonym(s):Fula, Ful, Fulani, Peul