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Fula, from words to culture.

Learn Fula in the variety spoken by your family or region, with recordings by native speakers, explanations in your language, and a picture dictionary with sound for young learners.

  • Native speakers’ voices
  • Several regional varieties
  • For adults and children
Un berger peul coiffé d’un tengaade et son troupeau de zébus, dans la savane au crépuscule

How it works

Learn step by step, at your own pace

  1. Choose your variety

    Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde… Every word is shown in the variety you chose, never silently mixed with another.

  2. Listen and repeat

    Every word and sentence is recorded by native speakers, never by a synthetic voice.

  3. Progress at your own pace

    Short lessons, varied exercises and, with an account, your progress on all your devices.

For the whole family

A path for everyone, no fixed profile

Move freely between learning paths: follow your own level while sharing the sound picture dictionary with your children.

Adult learning paths

Coming soon

Lessons organised by level, illustrated vocabulary and listening exercises.

  • Beginner

    Greetings, introducing yourself, family, numbers.

  • Intermediate

    Everyday conversation, understanding simple stories.

  • Advanced

    Proverbs, expressions, differences between varieties.

Sound picture book for children

Coming soon

An audio book to touch: children tap a picture and hear the word, spoken by a native speaker. Big buttons, very little text.

  • Animals
  • Family
  • The body
  • Colours

Animals, family, body, colours, nature…: categories designed for little ones.

Varieties

Fula, one language with many voices

Spoken in some twenty countries across West and Central Africa, Fula has several regional varieties. Countries are given as an indication only.

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Our commitment

A language is passed on with respect

Fii Fulɓe is built with native speakers and culture bearers, not from machine translation.

  • Authentic voices

    Every recording is made by a native speaker, with their consent, and validated before publication.

  • Every variety respected

    We never replace a word with one from another variety. Missing content is always flagged.

  • Culture in context

    Tales, proverbs and traditions are attributed to their region, their sources and their storytellers.

Culture

One language, many cultures

Beyond words: cultural content validated by the editorial team, attributed to its region and sources.

Community

Learn with the people who keep it alive

Fii Fulɓe needs you

Even a small donation helps record and review new content.

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