Dyula language
E620970
The Dyula language is a Mande language of West Africa widely used as a trade and lingua franca in countries such as Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, and Mali.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mande language
ⓘ
natural language ⓘ trade language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Dioula
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jula NERFINISHED ⓘ Julakan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Bambara language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maninka language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | dyul1238 ⓘ |
| hasDialectContinuumWith |
Bambara language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maninka language ⓘ |
| hasWritingTradition | Ajami (Arabic-based) script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISO639-1Code | dyu ⓘ |
| ISO639-2Code | dyu ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | dyu ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Niger–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Mande languages ⓘ |
| lexicalSimilarityWith |
Bambara language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maninka language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| macrolanguageGroup | Manding macrolanguage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorCountryOfUse |
Burkina Faso
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Côte d’Ivoire NERFINISHED ⓘ Mali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| region |
Sahel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Savanna belt of West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Burkina Faso
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Côte d’Ivoire NERFINISHED ⓘ Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ Mali NERFINISHED ⓘ West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Western Mande NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subgroup | Manding languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
tonal language ⓘ |
| usedAs |
lingua franca in Burkina Faso
ⓘ
lingua franca in Côte d’Ivoire ⓘ lingua franca in Mali ⓘ |
| usedBy | Dyula people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
interethnic communication
ⓘ
trade communication ⓘ |
| usedInDomain |
Islamic religious education
ⓘ
commerce ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Arabic script
ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.