Bangime

Bangime is a language isolate spoken in Mali, by about 3,500 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.

Bangime · 14.8°N 3.8°W

An isolate: no relationship to any other known language has been demonstrated.

Bangime (; bàŋɡí–mɛ̀, or, in full, Bàŋgɛ́rí-mɛ̀) is a language isolate spoken by 3,500 ethnic Dogon in seven villages in southern Mali, who call themselves the bàŋɡá–ndɛ̀ ("hidden people").

Bangande is the name of the ethnicity of this community. The Bangande consider themselves to be Dogon, but other Dogon people insist they are not.

From Wikipedia · Bangime language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Bangime

Meaning	Word	Romanization
person	yiwErE*
eye	SivE*
ear	taNa*
nose	Sumbe*
tooth	nasiN*
tongue	na5ErE*
hand	niNkuri*
blood	yi*
bone	noorE*
skin	kiNgE*
knee	bwEkumamE*
breast	pyE*
liver	bimyE*
water	ɥɛ̀
fire	birE*
sun	nE*
star	toromyE*
stone	Simye*
mountain	SimyE*
tree	dwa*
leaf	puyE*
night	yihu*
dog	kurE*
fish	No*
louse	sama*
one	tiyE*
two	yindo*
I	mi*
you	aw*
we	nnE*