Dioula
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Mande language spoken in Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, and Mali
Key facts
- Native to
- Burkina Faso , Mali , Côte d'Ivoire
- Ethnicity
- Dyula
- Native speakers
- L1 : 2.6 million (2012–2021) , L2 : 10 million (2012–2013)
- Language family
- Niger–Congo ? Mande Western Manding East Bambara–Dyula Dyula
- Writing system
- N'Ko , Latin , Ajami
- Iso 639 2
- dyu
- Iso 639 3
- dyu
- Glottolog
- dyul1238
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- modern language
- Subclass of
- Mande
- Country
- Mali
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- indigenous to
- Kossi Province
- writing system
- Latin alphabet
- number of speakers, writers, or signers
- 2700000
- topic's main category
- Category:Dyula language
- different from
- Jola
- Commons category
- Dyula language
- P10369
- Russia
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Encyclopedic overview
A Dyula speaker speaking Mooré and Dyula, recorded in Taiwan
Dyula, Jula, Juula or Dioula (Julakan ߖߎ߬ߟߊ߬ߞߊ߲) is a language of the Mande language family spoken mainly in Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire and Mali, as well as other countries, including Ghana, Guinea and Guinea-Bissau. It is one of the Manding languages and is 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.
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