Daju Mongo language
{{Short description|Daju language of Chad}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Daju Dar Daju
|nativename=Daju Mongo
|states=Chad
|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 =
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! colspan="2" | |
| rowspan="4" |Plosive
!voiceless |{{IPA link|p}} |{{IPA link|t}} |{{IPA link|c}} |{{IPA link|k}} |
|---|
| voiced
|{{IPA link|b}} |{{IPA link|d}} |{{IPA link|ɟ}} |{{IPA link|ɡ}} |
| prenasal
|{{IPA link|ᵐb}} |{{IPA link|ⁿd}} |{{IPA link|ᶮɟ}} |{{IPA link|ᵑɡ}} |
| implosive
|{{IPA link|ɓ}} |{{IPA link|ɗ}} |{{IPA link|ʄ}} | |
| rowspan="2" |Fricative
!voiceless | |{{IPA link|s}} | |({{IPA link|h}}) |
| voiced
| |({{IPA link|z}}) | | |
| colspan="2" |Nasal
|{{IPA link|m}} |{{IPA link|n}} |{{IPA link|ɲ}} |{{IPA link|ŋ}} |
| colspan="2" |Tap
| |{{IPA link|ɾ}} | | |
| colspan="2" |Approximant
|{{IPA link|w}} |{{IPA link|l}} |{{IPA link|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 =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| !Front
!Back |
|---|
| Close
|{{IPA link|i}} {{IPA link|iː}} | |{{IPA link|u}} {{IPA link|uː}} |
| Mid
|{{IPA link|e}} {{IPA link|eː}} | |{{IPA link|o}} {{IPA link|oː}} |
| Open
| |{{IPA link|a}} {{IPA link|aː}} | |
- Sounds /e, o/ can be heard as [ɛ, ɔ] when in closed syllables.{{Cite book |last=Aviles |first=Arthur J. |title=The phonology and morphology of the Dar Daju Daju language |publisher=University of North Dakota |year=2008 |url=https://commons.und.edu/theses/758/}}
References
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