Dan language
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| Dan | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spoken in: | Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, and Liberia. | |
| Total speakers: | ~951,600 | |
| Language family: | Niger-Congo Mande Southeastern Guro-Tura Tura-Dan-Mano Tura-Dan Dan |
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| Writing system: | Latin alphabet | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | nic | |
| ISO 639-3: | daf | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
Dan is a Mande language spoken primarily in Côte d'Ivoire (~800,000 speakers) and Liberia (150,800–200,000 speakers). There is also a population of about 800 speakers in Guinea. Dan is a tonal language.
Alternative names for the language include Yacouba or Yakuba, Gio, Gyo, Gio-Dan, and Da.
[edit] Phonology
[edit] Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨ | u |
| Close-mid | e | ɘ | o |
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɜ | ɔ |
| Open | a |
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