ISO 639-3 · dyudyu
Niger–Congo family
Dyula
Dyula is a language of the Mande branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast and Mali. Wikidata counts about 2.7 m speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Mande language spoken in Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, and Mali”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
dyu- Glottocode
dyul1238- Family
- Niger–Congo
- Wikipedia
- 50 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
3countries
1scripts
2levels in the tree
3EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Dyula |
|---|---|
| Also called | Jula language, Dyula, Dyula language, Dioula, Dyula, Dioula language |
| All speakers | 2,700,000 |
| Written in | Latin script |
| Official in | Burkina Faso |
Vitality
EGIDS 3 Wider Communication3
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Niger–Congo to Dyula
The branches above Dyula, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Burkina Faso
fraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationalhauHausaAfroasiatic · 43.9 m2 · ProvincialmosMooréNiger–Congo · 7.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationtmhTuaregAfroasiatic · 1.2 mVulnerabledgaDagaareNiger–Congo · 1.1 m4 · EducationalgurFrafraNiger–Congo · 820,0004 · EducationaltaqTamasheqAfroasiatic · 500,0005 · DevelopinglobLobiNiger–Congo · 440,0005 · DevelopingkusKusaalNiger–Congo · 121,0005 · DevelopingpugPuguliNiger–Congo · 14,3006a · Vigorous