Daju Mongo, also Wadai Daju or Dar Daju Daju, is an Eastern Sudanic language, one of three closely related languages in the area called "Daju" (the other two being the Nyala language and the Sila language). It is spoken in Chad by the Dar Daju Daju people near the Darfur border. There are three dialects, Bardangal, Eref, and Gadjira.
| Daju Dar Daju | |
|---|---|
| Daju Mongo | |
| Native to | Chad |
| Region | Batha (Mongo) |
Native speakers | 60,000 (2020)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | djc |
| Glottolog | dard1243 |
Phonology
editConsonants
edit| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar/ Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | c | k |
| voiced | b | d | ɟ | ɡ | |
| prenasal | ᵐb | ⁿd | ᶮɟ | ᵑɡ | |
| implosive | ɓ | ɗ | ʄ | ||
| Fricative | voiceless | s | (h) | ||
| voiced | (z) | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |
| Tap | ɾ | ||||
| Approximant | w | l | j | ||
- Sounds /z h/ are only heard among Arabic loanwords.
- /s/ can be heard as [ʃ] when in the environment of palatal consonants, or before front vowels.
Vowels
edit| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i iː | u uː | |
| Mid | e eː | o oː | |
| Open | a aː |
- Sounds /e, o/ can be heard as [ɛ, ɔ] when in closed syllables.[2]
References
edit- ^ Daju Dar Daju at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Aviles, Arthur J. (2008). The phonology and morphology of the Dar Daju Daju language. University of North Dakota.
