Duun language
Language of Mali and Burkina Faso
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Duun is a Mande language of Mali. There are three varieties of Duun, West Duun, or Duungooma (also known as Du, Samogho-sien) and Banka or Bankagooma, in Mali, and East Duun, or Dzùùn(goo), in Burkina Faso. These are clearly distinct but have a reasonable degree of mutual intelligibility with each other.
| Duun | |
|---|---|
| Duungooma Dzuungoo | |
| Region | Mali, Burkina Faso |
Native speakers | 150,000 (2018)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:dux – Duungoomadnn – Dzùùngoo |
| Glottolog | duun1242 Duungoomadzuu1241 Dzùùngoo |
Dialects of East Duun, Kpan (Kpango, Samoro-guan) and Dzùùngoo (Samogo-iri), are easily intelligible.
Phonology
The phonology of the Dunn languages contains 26 consonants and 12 vowels.[2] The following phonemes are in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).
Alphabet
The Duun alphabet has the following letters[3]
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e
- ɛ
- f
- g
- gb
- h
- i
- j
- k
- kp
- l
- m
- n
- ɲ
- ŋ
- ŋm
- o
- ɔ
- p
- r
- s
- sh
- t
- u
- v
- w
- x
- y
- z
- zh
