A member of a pastoral and nomadic people of western Africa; they are traditionally cattle herders of Muslim faith [syn: Fulani, Fula, Fulah, Fellata, Fulbe]
noun
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 [syn: Fula, Ful, Fulani, Peul]
