Duun language

Not to be confused with Southern Samo language.

Duun
Region	Mali, Burkina Faso
Native speakers	80,000 (1998)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Mande Western Northwestern Samogo Duun
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: `dux` – West Duun `dnn` – East Duun
Glottolog	`duun1242` (Duungooma)^[2] `dzuu1241` (Dzuungoo)^[3]

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, 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.

References

↑ West Duun at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
East Duun at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Duungooma". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Dzuungoo". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Mande languages

East Mande
(Dan–Busa)

Southeast	Beng Dan Gban Goo Guro Mano Mwa Tura Wan Yaure

Bisa–Busa	Bissa Boko Busa Tyenga Samo Shanga

Central West Mande
(Manding–Kpelle)

Jogo languages	Ligbi Tonjon

Manding languages	Bambara Bolon Dyula Jahanka Kassonke Mandinka Maninka Kita Marka Sininkere

Mokole languages	Kakabe Kuranko Lele Mixifore

Southwest Mande	Bandi Kpelle Loko Loma Mende Zialo

Other Central	Jeri Kono Susu Vai Yalunka

Northwest Mande
(Samogo–Soninke)

Samogo languages	Banka Duun Seenku

Other Northwest	Bobo Bozo Jowulu Soninke

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