Duun language
Language of Mali and Burkina Faso / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Southern Samo language.
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.
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Duun | |
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Duungooma Dzuungoo | |
Region | Mali, Burkina Faso |
Native speakers | 150,000 (2018)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either:dux – Duungoomadnn – Dzùùngoo |
Glottolog | duun1242 Duungoomadzuu1241 Dzùùngoo |
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Dialects of East Duun, Kpan (Kpango, Samoro-guan) and Dzùùngoo (Samogo-iri), are easily intelligible.