Duun language

Not to be confused with Southern Samo language.
Duun
Duungooma
Dzuungoo
RegionMali, Burkina Faso
Native speakers
150,000 (2018)[1]
Niger–Congo
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
dux – Duungooma
dnn – Dzùùngoo
Glottologduun1242  Duungooma
dzuu1241  Dzùùngoo

Duun is a Mande language of Mali. There are three varieties of Duun, West Duun, or Duungooma (also known as Du, Samogho-sien) and Banka or Bankagooma, in Mali, and East Duun, or Dzùùn(goo), in Burkina Faso. These are clearly distinct but have a reasonable degree of mutual intelligibility with each other.

Dialects of East Duun, Kpan (Kpango, Samoro-guan) and Dzùùngoo (Samogo-iri), are easily intelligible.

Phonology

The phonology of the Dunn languages contains 26 consonants and 12 vowels.[2] The following phonemes are in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).

Consonant Phonemes
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Labial-velar
Obstruent Occlusive p

b

t

d

c

ɟ

k

g

kp

gb

Affricate ts

dz

Fricative f

v

s ʃ

ʒ

x
Sonorant Nasal m n ɲ ŋ ŋm
Approximant w l j
Vowel Phonemes
Unrounded Rounded
Closed Oral i u
Nasal ĩ ũ
Half-closed e o
Mid-open Oral ɛ ɔ
Nasal ɛ̃ ɔ̃
Open Oral a
Nasal ã

References

  1. ^ Duungooma at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
    Dzùùngoo at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Solomiac, Paul (2007). Phonologie et morphosyntaxe et du Dzùùngoo de Samogohiri (phd thesis). Ph.


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