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inserted a column of Howssa words. This was done because in som 
cases Lyon's Tinibuctoo coincided with the Howssa where it differed »ith 
the Kissour. In the paper submitted to the British Association in 1844, lie 
Kissour and Howssa languages were placed in the same class; andiatbe 
twelfth number of the Classical Museum, sonic special affinities between ibe 
Kissour and Howssa were indicated. In the present arrangement, however, 
the two groups are separated. 
XI. The FnUih Gnmp of Languages. —It is necessary to enumerate tW 
chief localities of the Fulah nation before any notice is taken of the lin* 
guage. The great extent of the Fulah area, the irregular dUtribuiinn of 
the Fulah tribes, and the apparent isolation of the Fulah language, have drawn 
much attention and speculation to this branch of African philology. 
The Fulahs of FooUi-torro, —On the southern bank of the Senegal, ea«- 
ward to the Wohvff country, and extending from Podor to the confines ofthv 
Serawoolli language (Galani),i8 a country called Foota-torro. The dbIo* 
of this country arc called Foulalisor Peula. Their complexion is lighter thst 
that of either the WolofTs or Serawoollicfi, from which reason they arcsonir* 
times named the Fed Peules. South an«l cast of Foota-torro, the conntir of 
Bondou, between the Senegal and Gambia, is said to be Fulah. Here tin 
language is conterminoUvS with theMandingo of Barabook, 
The Fulahs of Foota-juUo.—’^hethev the Fulab of Bondou is confinued 
southward without interruption is uncertain. It is certain, however, thiit 
the sources of the K iver Grande, and to the north of .^uliuiaiia, wc meet with 
a great Fulah kingdom, of which Timbo is the capital. This is the Fulah 
of Foota-jallo, or the Fulah of Tembu. 
The Fulahs of Further to the eastward, far inland, and on di'‘ 
banks of the Joliba, between the two Sungai towns of Jenne and Tiinbuctoo, 
Park met with the Fulahs of Massina. Of the Fulah of Massina we find a 
short vocabulary in Mr. Hodgson’s Notes on Nortliern Africa, p. 75. ^ 
second vocabulary of Mr. Hodgson’s, given in his Appendix, slightly diffcf* 
from this. 
The Fulah. or FellaUih of Sackotao. — At Sackatoo, within the limits of the 
Howssa country, the Fulah languages appear afresh. It is the language of 
the dominant nation in that town. Here, however, the current name is no* 
Fulah but Fellatah. Tlic Sackatoo Fulahs, the Fulahs of Howssa, oc ih® 
Fellatahs, fonn, geograjrliicaJly, a second division of this wide-spread fanidy- 
The Fulah or Fellatah of Forgoo—Filani. —In Sackatoo the Fulahs st« 
the dominant nation. In Borgho, between Howssa and the YarribacoimttJ' 
where they also occur, and where the Fulah language is conterminous 
the ^arriba and Nufi, they are a subordinate race —tillers of the earth, 
dependent labourers. 
8uch are. the remarkable pbsenomcna of the distribution of the Fulah 
a distribution which ia partially accounted for by their hlstoryandtraditioB*; 
inasmuch as, like Uie Turks of Asia, they have been a conquering 
and their extension over certain areas is said to have taken place within m® 
historical period. Ethnographically. it coincides very'nearly with the course* 
of the Senegal, ainl of the Upper and Lower Niger. The similarity betwer® 
the Blames Fiijoh, WolotF, and Feloop, and Fellah has been already noticed. 
Grammars in the Fulah we have none. The glossaries are as follows:— 
A. The Fulah of Senegamhia and Massina. —This includes the Fulah 
I’oota-iallo. 
o A/MnV/fl/rs.—Barbot’s and Mollien’s. . 
-i- / he t ulah of Mrs. Killuvn —That of the Niger vocabulary is stated w 
