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 | |
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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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