Introduction
This dictionary allows you to discover the Dioula / Jula language of Burkina Faso. By clicking on the "search" button (the little magnifying glass at the top right), a window opens and you can type words in Dioula, French, English or German. Type "search" and a new window will display the results.
Sometimes it is said that the dioula (also written "jula" or "dyula") is a "simplified bambara" or that the dioula is a "commercial bambara". It is even said that Dioula is related to Bambara in the same way that United States English is related to English in England. Others go so far to say that we can consider that the terms Dioula, Bambara and Malinké in fact designate the same language, the word Dioula being used in Côte d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso while the words Bambara and Malinké are no longer in use in Mali. Certain linguists consider that these are three languages, certainly very similar on the oral level, but clearly identified, belonging to the Mandé language group.