Dogon languages

E274563
Dogon language family

Dogon languages are a group of closely related languages spoken primarily by the Dogon people in central Mali, known for their distinctive linguistic features and uncertain classification within the Niger-Congo family.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Dogon languages canonical 3
Koyraboro Senni language 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Dogon ⓘ
language family ⓘ
areEndangered many varieties endangered ⓘ
areInfluencedBy Bambara ⓘ
Fulfulde ⓘ
areKnownFor complex tone systems ⓘ
distinctive verbal morphology ⓘ
rich noun morphology ⓘ
areMutuallyIntelligible often not mutually intelligible ⓘ
areTonal true ⓘ
ethnologueMacroLanguage dog ⓘ
glottologCode dogo1299 ⓘ
hasApproximateNumberOfVarieties over 20 ⓘ
hasSubgroup Ampari ⓘ
Bankan Tey ⓘ
Ben Tey ⓘ
Bedjond ⓘ
surface form: Bondum Dom

Bunoge ⓘ
Dogul Dom ⓘ
Donno So ⓘ
Jamsay ⓘ
Mombo ⓘ
Najamba-Kindige ⓘ
Nanga ⓘ
Penange ⓘ
Tene Kan ⓘ
Tiranige Diga ⓘ
Togo Kan ⓘ
Tommo So ⓘ
Toro So ⓘ
Toro Tegu ⓘ
Walo ⓘ
Yanda ⓘ
Yanda Dom ⓘ
Yorno So ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Ajami script ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script
haveBasicWordOrder SOV ⓘ
languageFamilyStatus uncertain classification ⓘ
locatedInContinent Africa ⓘ
oftenClassifiedAs Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
region Bandiagara Escarpment ⓘ
Mopti Region ⓘ
researchedBy Denis Douyon ⓘ
Jeffrey Heath ⓘ
Roger Blench ⓘ
sometimesLinkedTo Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
spokenBy Dogon ⓘ
surface form: Dogon people
spokenIn Mali ⓘ
central Mali ⓘ
usedAsSecondLanguageBy neighboring ethnic groups in Mali ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Atlantic–Congo languages → hasSubbranch → Dogon languages ⓘ
Koyra Chiini language → closelyRelatedTo → Dogon languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Koyraboro Senni language
Direction Nationale des Langues Nationales du Mali → worksOnLanguage → Dogon languages ⓘ
Dogon → language → Dogon languages ⓘ