Duun language

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.

Not to be confused with Southern Samo language.
Duun
RegionMali, Burkina Faso
Native speakers
80,000 (1998)[1]
Niger–Congo
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
dux – West Duun
dnn – East Duun
Glottologduun1242  Duungooma
dzuu1241  Dzuungoo

Phonology

The phonology of the Dunn languages contains 26 consonants and 12 vowels.[2] The following phonemes are in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).

Consonant Phonemes
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Labial-velar
Obstruent Occlusive p

b

 t

d

 c

ɟ

 k

g

 kp

gb

Affricate ts

dz
Fricative f

v

 s ʃ

ʒ

 x
Sonorant Nasal m n ɲ ŋ ŋm
Approximant w l j
Vowel Phonemes
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
  1. West Duun at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    East Duun at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Solomiac, Paul (2007). Phonologie et morphosyntaxe et du Dzùùngoo de Samogohiri (phd thesis). Ph.


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