Daju Mongo (Dajiŋge)

Daju Mongo is a member of the Eastern Sudanic branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family. It is spoken by about 60,000 Dar Daju Daju people in central Chad, particularly in and around Mongo (مونقو) in the north of the Gúera region (منطقة قيرا).

Daju Mongo is also known as Wadai Daju, Dadju, Dajou, Daju, Dajo, Gadjira, Dar Daju Daju or Daju Dar Daju. Daju Mongo speakers call themselves Dadjo. Dialects include Bardangal, Eref and Gadjira. It is primarily an oral language, however a way to write it with the Latin alphabet was developed in 2001 by Wycliffe Bible Translators, SIL, NGOs, and the Chadian government. It is also sometimes written with the Arabic script.

Daju Mongo alphabet and pronunciation

Download an alphabet chart for Daju Mongo (Excel)
Download details of the Daju Mongo alphabet and pronunciation provided by Wolfram Siegel (PDF)

Notes

e is pronounced [ɛ] and o is pronounced [ɔ] in closed syllables (syllables ending with a consonant).
The letters H and Z only appear in loanwords from Arabic.

Sample sentences

Gosgode ani, bisaŋga pa ŋgiinse ki banaŋga.
This morning, my cat killed a bird in my house.
Kiŋge ɗubdase canculge ki yuwisi cablaŋge.
The people burn the sesame seeds to pass the water through the ashes to give it a certain taste.
Cileluwe sogo erreŋge wayi wa dun̰ca way caŋgine.
The centipede has many legs and it stings like a scorpion.

Source: Diksiyoneri Dajiŋge – Nasariŋge (Dictionary Dadjo to French). Association pour la Promotion et le Développement de la Langue Dadjo. 2011

Sample Video in Daju Mongo

Links

Information about Daju Mongo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daju Mongo_language
https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/dard1243
https://commons.und.edu/theses/758/
https://rmyers754.wixsite.com/website/daju-linguistics
https://www.sil.org/resources/search/language/djc
http://www.language-archives.org/language/djc

Eastern Sudanic languages

Afitti, Daju Mongo, Dilling, Gaam, Ghulfan, Kadaru, Narim, Old Nubian, Shatt

Languages written with the Latin alphabet

Page created: 10.12.24. Last modified: 13.12.24

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