Dii languages

The Dii language is a dialect cluster in the Duru branch of Savanna languages. Yag Dii is the ethnonym.

Dii
Duru
RegionCameroon
Native speakers
(60,000 cited 1982–1997)[1]
DialectsMambe’
Mamna’a
Goom
Boow
Ngbang
Phaane
Sagzee
Vaazin
Home
Nyok
Duupa
Dugun (Panõ)
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
dur  Dii
dae  Duupa
ndu  Dugun
Glottologdiic1235

Ethnologue lists Mambe’, Mamna’a, Goom, Boow, Ngbang, Sagzee, Vaazin, Home, Nyok as dialects, and notes that Goom may be a separate language. Blench (2004) lists them all, as well as Phaane, as separate languages, no closer to each other than they are to the other Dii languages, Duupa, Dugun (Panõ).

Writing System

Alphabet
Uppercase letters
ABƁDE ƐƏFGGb HIƗLM ʼMMbMgbNʼN NdNzŊŊgO ƆRSUɄ VVbWʼWY ʼYZ
Lowercase letters
abɓde ɛəfggb hiɨlm ʼmmbmgbnʼn ndnzŋŋgo ɔrsuʉ vvbwʼwy ʼyz

Nasalisation is indicated with a cedilla : ‹a̧, ȩ, ə̧, i̧, o̧, u̧› ; The vowels ‹ɨ, ɔ, ʉ› cannot be nasalized.

The tones are indicated by accents:

  • The high tone is indicated by an acute accent: ‹á, á̧, é, ȩ́, ə́, ə̧́, í, í̧, ɨ́, ó, ó̧, ɔ́, ú, ú̧, ʉ́› ;
  • The low tone is indicated by a grave accent: ‹à, à̧, è, ȩ̀, ə̀, ə̧̀, ì, ì̧, ɨ̀, ò, ò̧, ɔ̀, ù, ù̧, ʉ̀› ;
  • The average tone is indicated by no diacritic: ‹a, a̧, e, ȩ, ə, ə̧, i, i̧, ɨ, o, o̧, ɔ, u, u̧, ʉ›.

References

  1. Dii at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
    Duupa at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
    Dugun at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)


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