Daju Mongo language explained

Daju Dar Daju
Nativename:Daju Mongo
States:Chad
Region:Batha (Mongo)
Speakers:60,000
Date:2020
Ref:e25
Dia1:Bardangal
Dia2:Eref
Dia3:Gadjira
Script:Latin
Familycolor:Nilo-Saharan
Fam2:Eastern Sudanic
Fam3:Southern Eastern?
Fam4:Daju
Fam5:Western
Iso3:djc
Glotto:dard1243
Glottorefname:Dar Daju Daju

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.

Phonology

Consonants

LabialAlveolarPalatalVelar/
Glottal
Plosivevoicelesspronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
voicedpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
prenasalpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
implosivepronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Fricativevoicelesspronounced as /link/(pronounced as /link/)
voiced(pronounced as /link/)
Nasalpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Tappronounced as /link/
Approximantpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/

Vowels

FrontCentralBack
Closepronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/
Midpronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/
Openpronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/

Notes and References

  1. Book: Aviles, Arthur J. . The phonology and morphology of the Dar Daju Daju language . University of North Dakota . 2008.