L1: 2.6 million (2012–2021)[1] L2: 10 million (2012–2013)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
Mande
Western
Manding
East
Bambara–Dyula
Dyula
Writing system
N'Ko, Latin, Ajami
Language codes
ISO 639-2
dyu
ISO 639-3
dyu
Glottolog
dyul1238
A Dyula speaker speaking Moore and Dyula, recorded in Taiwan.
Dyula (or Jula, Dioula, Julakan ߖߎ߬ߟߊ߬ߞߊ߲) is a language of the Mande language family spoken mainly in Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast and Mali, and also in some other countries, including Ghana, Guinea and Guinea-Bissau. It is one of the Manding languages and is most closely related to Bambara, being mutually intelligible with Bambara as well as Malinke. It is a trade language in West Africa and is spoken by millions of people, either as a first or second language. Similar to the other Mande languages, it uses tones. It may be written in the Latin, Arabic or N'Ko scripts.
Dyula (or Jula, Dioula, Julakan ߖߎ߬ߟߊ߬ߞߊ߲) is a language of the Mande language family spoken mainly in Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast and Mali, and also in...
Look up Dyula in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dyula may refer to: Dyula people, of Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast Dyulalanguage, their Niger-Congo language...
languages. It is used as a trade language in Mali between language groups. (Bambara is also very close to the Dyulalanguage (Dyula: Jula or Julakan; French:...
The Dyula (Dioula or Juula) are a Mande ethnic group inhabiting several West African countries, including Mali, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Burkina Faso...
the capital, Ouagadougou. In the west, Mande languages are widely spoken, the most predominant being Dyula (also spelled Jula or Dioula), others including...
by 0.1%. In the west, Mandé languages are widely spoken, the most predominant being Dioula (also known as Jula or Dyula), others including Bobo, Samo...
is Dyula for 'blacksmith'. (See blacksmiths of western Africa.) The Ligbi area in Ghana is bordered to the west by Nafaanra, the Senufo language of the...
song Bobaraba, which means "big bottom" in the local Dyulalanguage and in the Bambara language. -We made it as a tribute to women, because African women...
an estimated 69 languages currently spoken. The official language, French, was introduced during the colonial period. This language is taught in schools...
national language of Mali spoken by perhaps 14 million people, natively by 4.2 million Bambara people and about 10 million second-language users. It...
and public information Dyulalanguage is a Mandé language spoken in Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire and Mali. Jola-Fonyi language of the Casamance region...
dialects under this name) East Marka (Dafin) (Burkina Faso, Mali) Bambara–Dyula (Northeastern Manding; Mali, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast) Eastern Maninka...
The Gwiriko Kingdom (Dyula: Masaya Gwiriko), also known as Gouiriko was a kingdom in the 18th and 19th centuries in what is now part of present-day Burkina...
and are mainly sung in his native languageDyula, French and English, though he occasionally uses other languages, for example, Arabic or Hebrew. The...
touristic potential. The name Tenakourou signifies "the hill of Tena" in Dyulalanguage. Tena is the name of the village of around 600 inhabitants that lies...
Mali. The Bambara language, mutually intelligible with the Manding and Dyulalanguages, has become the principal inter-ethnic language in Mali and one of...
is a multilingual country: Ethnologue lists 36 languages, Wolof being the most widely spoken language. French, which was inherited from the colonial era...
the Council of the Islamic Revolution. An 29-letter alphabet for the Dyulalanguage of the African nation of Burkina Faso was given official status by the...
source for "Gullah" are the Dyula ethnic group of West Africa, from whom the American Gullah might be partially descended. The Dyula civilization had a large...
Toure was born c. 1830 in Manyambaladugu, the son of Kemo Lanfia Toure, a Dyula weaver and merchant, and Sokhona Camara. The family moved to Sanankoro soon...
Iran Jula Kamar, a village in Iran Jula (name) Dioula language spoken in western Africa Jula or Dyula people, western Africa This disambiguation page lists...
that also encompassed much of present-day Burkina Faso. It was founded by Dyula immigrants from the declining Mali Empire. It established a largely decentralized...
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