Jula

E302226

Jula is a major Mande language widely used as a trade and lingua franca in parts of West Africa, particularly in Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, and Mali.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Jula canonical 9
Joula 1
Urban Jula 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mande language ⓘ
language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Bambara ⓘ
Mandinka ⓘ
Maninka ⓘ
glottocode jula1239 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Dioula ⓘ
Dioula language ⓘ
linked to: Dioula

Dyula ⓘ
Dyula language ⓘ
Joula ⓘ
linked to: Jula

Jula language ⓘ
Julakan ⓘ
hasDialect Rural Jula ⓘ
Urban Jula ⓘ
linked to: Jula
hasEthnicAssociation Dyula people ⓘ
hasNeighboringContactLanguage French ⓘ
Mooré ⓘ
Senufo languages ⓘ
iso639-3Code dyu ⓘ
languageBranch Western Mande ⓘ
languageFamily Mande ⓘ
languageGroup Manding ⓘ
linked to: Western Mande
primaryCountryOfUse Burkina Faso ⓘ
Côte d’Ivoire ⓘ
linked to: Côte d'Ivoire

Mali ⓘ
region West Africa ⓘ
spokenIn Burkina Faso ⓘ
Côte d’Ivoire ⓘ
linked to: Côte d'Ivoire

Ghana ⓘ
Guinea ⓘ
Guinea-Bissau ⓘ
Ivory Coast ⓘ
linked to: Côte d'Ivoire

Mali ⓘ
Senegal ⓘ
Sierra Leone ⓘ
The Gambia ⓘ
subclassOf Manding language ⓘ
Niger–Congo language ⓘ
typologicalFeature subject–object–verb basic word order ⓘ
tonal language ⓘ
uses postpositions ⓘ
usedAs lingua franca ⓘ
trade language ⓘ
usedInDomain Islamic education ⓘ
commerce ⓘ
interethnic communication ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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

Mande → hasLanguage → Jula ⓘ
Jula → hasAlternativeName → Joula ⓘ
linked to: Jula
Jula → hasDialect → Urban Jula ⓘ
linked to: Jula
Dyula → alternativeName → Jula ⓘ
Moolaadé → titleLanguage → Jula ⓘ