Duun language

Duun
Duun
Region	Mali, Burkina Faso
Native speakers	80,000 (1998)
Language family	Niger–Congo Mande Western Northwestern Samogo Duun; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; dux – West Duun; dnn – East Duun
Glottolog	duun1242 Duungooma; dzuu1241 Dzuungoo

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.

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
Sonorant	Approximant	w	l	j

Vowel Phonemes
		Unrounded	Rounded
Closed	Oral	i	u
Closed	Nasal	ĩ	ũ
Half-closed		e	o
Mid-open	Oral	ɛ	ɔ
Mid-open	Nasal	ɛ̃	ɔ̃
Open	Oral	a
Open	Nasal	ã

References[]

^ West Duun at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
East Duun at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Solomiac, Paul (2007). Phonologie et morphosyntaxe et du Dzùùngoo de Samogohiri (phd thesis). Ph.

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[e18-1] West Duun at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
East Duun at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Solomiac, Paul (2007). Phonologie et morphosyntaxe et du Dzùùngoo de Samogohiri (phd thesis). Ph.

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