Idun language

Idun
Idun
Dũya
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Kaduna State
Native speakers	78,000 (2012)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Plateau Central ? Koroic Idun; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ldb
Glottolog	idun1241

Idun, or Dũya (Adong, Lungu, Ungu), is a poorly attested Plateau language of Nigeria. Its classification is uncertain, but may be closest to Ashe.

Sound system

Consonant phonemes of Idun^[2]
	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Post-alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Labial-palatal	Velar	Labial-velar	Glottal
Stop	p b		t d			c ɟ		k ɡ	k͡p ɡ͡b
Nasal	m		n					ŋ
Tap			ɾ		ɽ
Trill			r
Fricative		f v	s z	ʃ ʒ				x ɣ		h
Affricate	p̪͡f b̪͡v		t͡s d͡z
Approximant						j	ɥ		w
Lateral			(l)¹

Only in recent loanwords, mostly from Hausa

Vowel phonemes of Idun^[3]
	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Near-Close	ɪ		ʊ
Close-Mid	e		o
Open-Mid	ɛ		ɔ
Open		a

All vowels except the near-close vowels /ɪ/ and /ʊ/ can appear long, nasalized or both; the vowels /ɪ/ and /ʊ/ are being lost for young speakers.^[4]

There are three level tones in Idun, as well as a rising tone and falling tone arising from adjacent level tones.

References

^ Idun at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Roger Blench, The Idũ language of Central Nigeria: Phonology, wordlist and suggestions for orthography changes. (2010:6).
^ Roger Blench (2010:1-2).
^ Roger Blench (2010:1)

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[e18-1] Idun at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Roger Blench, The Idũ language of Central Nigeria: Phonology, wordlist and suggestions for orthography changes. (2010:6).

[3] Roger Blench (2010:1-2).

[4] Roger Blench (2010:1)

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