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Duun language

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Region
  
Native speakers
  
80,000 (1998)

Language family
  
Niger–CongoMandeWesternNorthwesternSamogoDuun

ISO 639-3
  
Either:dux – West Duundnn – East Duun

Glottolog
  
duun1242  (Duungooma)dzuu1241  (Dzuungoo)

Duun is a Mande language of Mali. There are two principal varieties of Duun, West Duun, or Duungooma (a.k.a. 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

Duun language Wikipedia


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