Dyula

E643327

Mande language language lingua franca

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.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Dyula canonical	4

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Mande language ⓘ language ⓘ lingua franca ⓘ
alternativeName	Dioula NERFINISHED ⓘ Jula NERFINISHED ⓘ Julakan NERFINISHED ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Bambara NERFINISHED ⓘ Maninka NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Burkina Faso NERFINISHED ⓘ Côte d’Ivoire NERFINISHED ⓘ Mali ⓘ
glottologCode	dyul1238 ⓘ
hasDialectContinuumWith	Bambara NERFINISHED ⓘ Maninka NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNasalVowels	yes ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	seven-vowel system (in many varieties) ⓘ
hasStandardizedOrthography	yes ⓘ
hasToneDistinctions	yes ⓘ
influencedBy	Arabic NERFINISHED ⓘ French ⓘ
ISO639-1Code	dyu ⓘ
ISO639-2Code	dyu ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	dyu ⓘ
languageFamily	Mande NERFINISHED ⓘ
lexifierFor	urban varieties in Burkina Faso ⓘ
macroLanguageOf	several Manding lects in trade contexts ⓘ
primaryWordOrder	SOV ⓘ
region	West Africa ⓘ
subfamily	Western Mande NERFINISHED ⓘ
subgroup	Manding NERFINISHED ⓘ
typologicalFeature	agglutinative morphology ⓘ tonal language ⓘ
usedAs	lingua franca ⓘ trade language ⓘ
usedByEthnicGroup	Dyula people NERFINISHED ⓘ Mande peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedInDomain	commerce ⓘ interethnic communication ⓘ urban markets ⓘ
usedInEducation	non-formal education programs ⓘ
usedInMedia	radio broadcasts ⓘ
usedInReligion	Islamic preaching ⓘ
writingSystem	Arabic script NERFINISHED ⓘ Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script N’Ko script NERFINISHED ⓘ

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

Mande → hasLanguage → Dyula ⓘ

N'Ko script → usedForLanguage → Dyula ⓘ

Jula → hasAlternativeName → Dyula ⓘ

Dyula people → ethnolinguisticGroup → Dyula ⓘ