Idun language

Idun
Dũya
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Kaduna State
Native speakers	78,000 (2012)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Plateau Central ? Koroic Idun
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ldb
Glottolog	idun1241[2]

Idun, or Dũya (Adong, Lungu, Ungu), is a poorly attested Plateau language of Nigeria. Its classification is uncertain, but may be closest to Ashe.

Sound system

Consonant phonemes of Idun^[3]

	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Post-alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Labial-palatal	Velar	Labial-velar	Glottal
Stop	p b		t d			c ɟ		k ɡ	k͡p ɡ͡b
Nasal	m		n					ŋ
Tap			ɾ		ɽ
Trill			r
Fricative		f v	s z	ʃ ʒ				x c		h
Affricate	p̪͡f b̪͡v		t͡s d͡z
Approximant						j	ɥ		w
Lateral			(l)^1

1. Only in recent loanwords, mostly from Hausa

Vowel phonemes of Idun^[4]

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Near-Close	j		ʊ
Close-Mid	ɥ		o
Open-Mid	ɛ		ɔ
Open		ɡ

All vowels except the near-close vowels /ɪ/ and /ʊ/ can appear long, nasalized or both; the vowels /ɪ/ and /ʊ/ are being lost for young speakers.^[5]

There are three level tones in Idun, as well as a rising tone and falling tone arising from adjacent level tones.

References

1. Idun at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Idun". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
3. Roger Blench, The Idũ language of Central Nigeria: Phonology, wordlist and suggestions for orthography changes. (2010:6).
4. Roger Blench (2010:1-2).
5. Roger Blench (2010:1)