Dzùùngoo

DNN

vigorous

Alternate Names: Eastern Duun, Kpango, Samogho, Samogo, Samoro

Dialects: Dzùùngoo (Samogohiri), Kpangoo (Samorogouan), Kpeengo.

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Mande
Western
Northwestern
Samogo

Demographics: 13,400 (1998 E. Solomiac). 4,020 monolinguals.

Language Use: All ages. Positive attitudes. Also use French [fra], Jula [dyu].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 5% French. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible portions: 2002.

Typology: 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.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Burkina Faso

Other Comments: Ethnic autonym: Dzùùn. Ethnonym: Samogo is the Jula name. Muslim.