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 3
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 (5)

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