Jamsay
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Jamsay is a Dogon language spoken primarily in Mali, known for its complex tonal system and rich oral tradition.
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dogon language
ⓘ
language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Dogon linguistic and cultural heritage ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Mali ⓘ |
| documentationStatus | described in modern linguistic literature ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Dogon people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRole |
medium of traditional knowledge transmission
ⓘ
vehicle of Dogon oral history ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
complex tonal system
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complex verbal morphology ⓘ contrastive tone ⓘ noun classes or gender-like distinctions ⓘ rich oral tradition ⓘ subject–object–verb word order ⓘ tonal language ⓘ |
| hasMorphosyntacticFeature |
grammatical aspect marking
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pronominal system with person and number distinctions ⓘ tense distinctions ⓘ |
| hasNeighboringLanguages |
Bambara
ⓘ
Fulfulde NERFINISHED ⓘ other Dogon languages ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
consonant contrasts typical of Dogon languages
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tonal contrasts on syllables ⓘ vowel length distinctions ⓘ |
| hasResourceType |
grammatical descriptions
ⓘ
lexicons ⓘ text collections ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| ISO639-3Code | jms ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Dogon languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticArea | Mande–Dogon contact zone ⓘ |
| primaryMode | spoken ⓘ |
| region | central Mali ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Mali
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
everyday communication
ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ rituals ⓘ storytelling ⓘ |
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