2011-08-31

Duun language

Duun language

Duun
Spoken in Mali, Burkina Faso
Total speakers 85,000
Language family Niger–Congo ?
Language codes
ISO 639-3 either:
dux – West Duun
dnn – East Duun

Duun is a Mande language of Mali.

There are two principal varieties of Duun, West Duun, or Duungooma (aka Du, Samogho-sien) in Mali, and East Duun in Burkina Faso. These are clearly distinct by have a reasonable degree of mutual intelligibility with each other and with (Bankagooma). Dialects of East Duun, Kpan (Kpango, Samoro-guan) and Dzùùngoo (Samogo-iri), are easily intelligible.






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