Duun
Duungooma
Dzuungoo
RegionMali, Burkina Faso
Native speakers
150,000 (2018)[1]
Niger–Congo
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
dux  Duungooma
dnn  Dzùùngoo
Glottologduun1242  Duungooma
dzuu1241  Dzùùngoo

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.

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
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. Duungooma at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
    Dzùùngoo at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. Solomiac, Paul (2007). Phonologie et morphosyntaxe et du Dzùùngoo de Samogohiri (phd thesis). Ph.


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