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.
| Duun | |
|---|---|
| Duungooma (dux) Dzuungoo (dnn) | |
| Region | Mali, Burkina Faso |
Native speakers | 80,000 (1998)[1] |
Language family | Niger–Congo
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:dux – West Duundnn – East Duun |
| Glottolog | duun1242 Duungoomadzuu1241 Dzuungoo |
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
b |
t
d |
c
ɟ |
k
g |
kp
gb |
| Affricate | ts
dz |
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| Fricative | f
v |
s | ʃ
ʒ |
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 | ||
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| Southeast Mande |
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| West Mande |
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