Bankan Tey Dogon
Bankan Tey Dogon is a Dogon language spoken in Mali. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Bankan Tey Dogon, at first called Walo-Kumbe Dogon after the two main villages it is spoken in, also known as Walo and Walonkore, is a divergent, recently described Dogon language spoken in Mali. It was first reported online by Roger Blench, who reports that it is "clearly related to Nanga", which is only known from one report from 1953.
A third village investigated at the time, Been, speaks a related but lexically distinct form, Ben Tey Dogon.
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Words in Bankan Tey Dogon
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | asumam* | |
| eye | gire* | |
| ear | sun* | |
| nose | kinE* | |
| tooth | nyirE* | |
| tongue | dEmlE* | |
| blood | goNgoroosu* | |
| bone | kire5* | |
| skin | gusu* | |
| knee | Tizi* | |
| breast | uru* | |
| liver | kEnnE* | |
| water | nìì | |
| fire | go* | |
| sun | usu* | |
| star | banakoroy* | |
| stone | kuro* | |
| mountain | nay* | |
| tree | timey* | |
| leaf | gEndEdE* | |
| night | nyaN* | |
| dog | nyerum* | |
| fish | ishim* | |
| one | tuma* | |
| two | yoy* | |
| I | im* | |
| you | um* | |
| we | ibe* | |
| drink | no* | |
| see | yayim* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Ben Tey DogonDogon45% alike
- NangaDogon45% alike
- Toro Tegu DogonDogon28% alike
- Jamsay DogonDogon25% alike
- Tommo So DogonDogon24% alike
- Yanda Dom DogonDogon23% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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