Duun language
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| Duun | |
|---|---|
| Duungooma (dux) Dzuungoo (dnn) | |
| Region | Mali, Burkina Faso |
Native speakers | (80,000 cited 1998)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:dux – West Duundnn – East Duun |
| Glottolog | duun1242 Duungoomadzuu1241 Dzuungoo |
Duun is a Mande language of Mali. There are two principal varieties of Duun, West Duun, or Duungooma (also known as Du, Samogho-sien), in Mali, and East Duun, or Dzuungoo, in Burkina Faso. These are clearly distinct but have a reasonable degree of mutual intelligibility with each other and with Banka (Bankagooma). 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).
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labial-velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obstruent | Occlusive | p | t | c | k | kp
gb |
| Affricate | ts
dz |
|||||
| Fricative | f | s | ʃ | x | ||
| Sonorant | Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ŋm |
| Approximant | w | l | j | |||
| 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
- ^ West Duun at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
East Duun at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ Solomiac, Paul (2007). Phonologie et morphosyntaxe et du Dzùùngoo de Samogohiri (phd thesis). Ph.
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