Duun language


Duun is a Mande language of Mali. There are three varieties of Duun, West Duun, or Duungooma and Banka or Bankagooma, in Mali, and East Duun, or Dzùùn, in Burkina Faso. These are clearly distinct but have a reasonable degree of mutual intelligibility with each other.
Dialects of East Duun, Kpan and Dzùùngoo, are easily intelligible.

Phonology

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

Alphabet

The Duun alphabet has the following letters
  1. a
  2. b
  3. c
  4. d
  5. e
  6. ɛ
  7. f
  8. g
  9. gb
  10. h
  11. i
  12. j
  13. k
  14. kp
  15. l
  16. m
  17. n
  18. ɲ
  19. ŋ
  20. ŋm
  21. o
  22. ɔ
  23. p
  24. r
  25. s
  26. sh
  27. t
  28. u
  29. v
  30. w
  31. x
  32. y
  33. z
  34. zh