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Dzùùngoo

A language of Burkina Faso

ISO 639-3: dnn

Population	13,400 (1998 P. Solomiac). 30% monolinguals.
Region	Kénédougou Province, Samorogouan and Samogohiri departments, west of Bobo-Dioulasso near Orodara town; Samogo-Iri, Saraba, Diomou, Gnalé, Sokouraba, Todié, and Samogogouan.
Language map	Burkina Faso, reference number 12
Alternate names	Eastern Duun, Kpango, Samogho, Samogo, Samoro
Dialects	Kpango (Samorogouan), Dzùùngoo (Samogohiri). Dialects mutually inherently intelligible.
Classification	Niger-Congo, Mande, Western, Northwestern, Samogo
Language use	All ages. Positive attitude. Also use Jula or French.
Language development	Literacy rate in L2: 5% French. Dictionary. Bible portions: 2002.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	‘Dzùùn’ is the name for the people. ‘Samogo’ is the Jula name. SOV; postpositions; genitives before noun heads; articles, adjectives, numerals, relatives after noun heads; question word final; 2 suffixes; word order distinguishes subjects, objects, topic; causatives; comparatives; V, CV, CCV; tonal. Peasant agriculturalists. Muslim.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

SOLOMIAC, Paul, author. 2007. Phonologie et morphosyntaxe du Dzùùngoo de Samogohiri.

SOLOMIAC, Paul; TRAORÉ, Ali; TRAORÉ, Fabé, authors. 1998. Guide orthographique du Dzùùngoo: a l’usage de ceux qui savent déjà lire et écrire en français.

SOLOMIAC, Paul; TRAORÉ, Ali; TRAORÉ, Fabé, compilers. 1998. Dzùùngoo dzuɔn tsùnfyɛɛ̀ nàn ko à sɛbɛunʼn kurʼla (Lexique orthographique dzùùngoo - français).

Vernacular Publications

Bwèytààrùn vwɛɛ̀. 1995.

Dzùùn sina reè swey: Sina dzin nu è bo Saaba. 1996.

Dzùùngoo jàtsì kùn sɛbɛ̀ɛ̀n. 1996.

Dzùùngoo jàtsikùn sɛbɛ̀ɛ̀n. 1999.

Jiri wɔ̀ɔ̀ tsùùŋʼn kurʼla kùnàgoo. 1996.

Mun yee Dzùùngoo karan. 1997.

Sònsan ko sɔɔn ko banìì. 1995.

Taan rè rè gè suɔ dzunbombàà gɔ̀ɔ̀kuà dzuun. 1995.