Dyula

E643327

Dyula is a Mande language widely used as a trade and lingua franca in parts of West Africa, particularly in Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, and Mali.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Dyula canonical 11
Jula (Dioula) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mande language
language
lingua franca
alternativeName Dioula
Jula
Julakan
closelyRelatedTo Bambara
Maninka
country Burkina Faso
Côte d’Ivoire
linked to: Côte d'Ivoire

Mali
glottologCode dyul1238
hasDialectContinuumWith Bambara
Maninka
hasNasalVowels yes
hasPhonologicalFeature seven-vowel system (in many varieties)
hasStandardizedOrthography yes
hasToneDistinctions yes
influencedBy Arabic
French
ISO639-1Code dyu
ISO639-2Code dyu
ISO639-3Code dyu
languageFamily Mande
lexifierFor urban varieties in Burkina Faso
macroLanguageOf several Manding lects in trade contexts
primaryWordOrder SOV
region West Africa
subfamily Western Mande
subgroup Manding
linked to: Dioula
typologicalFeature agglutinative morphology
tonal language
usedAs lingua franca
trade language
usedByEthnicGroup Dyula people
Mande peoples
usedInDomain commerce
interethnic communication
urban markets
usedInEducation non-formal education programs
usedInMedia radio broadcasts
usedInReligion Islamic preaching
writingSystem Arabic script
linked to: Arabic alphabet

Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

N’Ko script
linked to: N'Ko script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mande hasLanguage Dyula
Jula hasAlternativeName Dyula
Samori Touré ethnicGroup Dyula
Solomana Kanté languageWorkedOn Dyula
subject linked to: Solomana Kante
Minianka closelyRelatedTo Dyula
Kibidwe quarter languageUsedLocally Jula (Dioula)
linked to: Dyula