Dyula | |
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Julakan ߖߎ߬ߟߊ߬ߞߊ߲ | |
Native to | Burkina Faso, Mali, Ivory Coast |
Ethnicity | Dyula |
Native speakers | L1: 2.6 million (2012–2021)[1] L2: 10 million (2012–2013)[1] |
N'Ko, Latin, Ajami | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-2 | dyu |
ISO 639-3 | dyu |
Glottolog | dyul1238 |
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.