Dyula

Dyula is a Mande language spoken in Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, and Mali, by about 2.7 million people.

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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.

Dyula is one of the official languages of Burkina Faso alongside Mooré, Fula, and Bissa.

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Written down

Wólo’ lá, hádamaden’ bɛɛ ye hɔrɔn ye, bɛɛ ká kán lànbe ní hákɛyaw lá. Mɔgɔ bɛɛ ye hákilitigi ye, bɛɛ ye hákilima ye ; ò là, ù ká kán kà ɲgɔn mína ní bádenya ye.

Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).

Words in Dyula

Meaning	Word	Romanization
person	moro*
name	toro*
eye	5ade*
ear	toro*
nose	nu*
tooth	5i*
tongue	nEnde*
hand	boro*
blood	jori*
bone	koro*
skin	gbolo*
breast	si*
water	jí
sun	tere*
star	lolo*
stone	kawa*
mountain	kuru*
tree	yirisu*
leaf	filaburu*
night	su*
dog	wuru*
fish	yigE*
one	kele*
two	fila*
you	e*
drink	mi*
hear	myE*
come	se*
path	sira*
new	kura*