Spoken in Senegal, Guinea, Mali, The Gambia, Mauritania
Pulaar
The language of the Fulani. In Haute-Casamance it is what you hear first, in the compound and at the market.
2 words
Pulaar
Jam tan
[ djam tann ]
Meaning
Peace only — the answer you give when someone asks how you are
In use
No jam? — Jam tan.
“Are you at peace?” — “Only peace.” It is how two people begin every conversation.
Pulaar
On jaaraama
[ onn djaa-raa-ma ]
Meaning
Thank you — literally, may you be rewarded
In use
On jaaraama, sukaaɓe.
Thank you, children. Said to a group, it is also a way of blessing them.