Dii languages
The Dii language is a dialect cluster in the Duru branch of Savanna languages. Yag Dii is the ethnonym.
| Dii | |
|---|---|
| Duru | |
| Region | Cameroon |
Native speakers | (60,000 cited 1982–1997)[1] |
Niger–Congo
| |
| Dialects | Mambe’ Mamna’a Goom Boow Ngbang Phaane Sagzee Vaazin Home Nyok Duupa Dugun (Panõ) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:dur – Diidae – Duupandu – Dugun |
| Glottolog | diic1235 |
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
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| A | B | Ɓ | D | E | Ɛ | Ə | F | G | Gb | H | I | Ɨ | L | M | ʼM | Mb | Mgb | N | ʼN | Nd | Nz | Ŋ | Ŋg | O | Ɔ | R | S | U | Ʉ | V | Vb | W | ʼW | Y | ʼY | Z | ||||||||||
| Lowercase letters | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| a | b | ɓ | d | e | ɛ | ə | f | g | gb | h | i | ɨ | l | m | ʼm | mb | mgb | n | ʼn | nd | nz | ŋ | ŋg | o | ɔ | r | s | u | ʉ | v | vb | w | ʼw | y | ʼy | z | ||||||||||
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
- Dii at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
Duupa at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
Dugun at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
- Roger Blench, 2004. List of Adamawa languages (ms)
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