In the table the general form, which would be understood by any Fulaphone person (basically counting by tens) and Maasina variant.
[3] A progressive verbal expression is formed by inserting the word ni before the verb in the non-accomplished voice.
[5] Fulfulde Arabic Alphabet in Mali, comes from centuries of usage, literature, and tradition.
Arabic script has been the common in the region since the conversion of local populations to Islam in the 12th century.
Digraphs are included as separate letters in Fulfulde Latin Alphabet, and there 4 of them, "Mb", "Nd", "Ng", "Nj".