Niger-Congo family
Dyula
c. 1200 CE – today Living
Dyula (c. 1200 CE – today) is a living Niger-Congo language. Lineage: Proto-Niger-Congo → Proto-Mande → Proto-Manding → Dyula.
See Dyula on the interactive map- Speakers
- 2M (2,000,000)
- ISO 639-3
- dyu
Manding trade language of Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire and Mali, highly mutually intelligible with Bambara; widely spoken as L2.
Lineage
- Proto-Niger-Congoc. 10,000 BCE – 7,000 BCE
- Proto-Mandec. 5,000 BCE – 3,000 BCE
- Proto-Mandingc. 500 BCE – 1200 CE
- Dyulac. 1200 CE – today
Sister languages 2
Also descended from Proto-Manding.