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.
Dialects of East Duun, Kpan (Kpango, Samoro-guan) and Dzùùngoo (Samogo-iri), are easily intelligible.
Phonology The phonology of the Dunn languages contains 26 consonants and 12 vowels. The following phonemes are in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). +Consonant PhonemesLabialAlveolarPalatalVelarLabial-velarObstruentOcclusivep bt dc ɟk gkp gbAffricatets dzFricativef vsʃ ʒxSonorantNasalmnɲŋŋmApproximantwlj +Vowel PhonemesUnroundedRoundedClosedOraliuNasalĩũHalf-closedeoMid-openOralɛɔNasalɛ̃ɔ̃OpenOralaNasalã
Alphabet The Duun alphabet has the following letters
a b c d e ɛ f g gb h i j k kp l m n ɲ ŋ ŋm o ɔ p r s sh t u v w x y z zh
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