Ben Tey Dogon
Ben Tey Dogon is a Dogon language spoken in Mali. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Ben Tey Dogon, named after the village Been it is spoken in, is a divergent, recently described Dogon language spoken in Mali. It is closely related to Bankan Tey and Nanga Dogon. It is said that elders in the Dogon village of Gawru also speak this language. Been is reported to have been settled from the village of Walo, and Ben Tey Dogon differs from Walo Dogon primarily from being under a different foreign influence, as Been village is surrounded by Jamsay-speaking villages, which Walo is not.
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Words in Ben Tey Dogon
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | nu* | |
| name | inirni* | |
| eye | jire* | |
| ear | surnu* | |
| nose | Cirni* | |
| tooth | irnu* | |
| tongue | lEmdE* | |
| hand | na* | |
| blood | goNgoro* | |
| bone | Cirney* | |
| skin | gusu* | |
| knee | sinji* | |
| breast | iru* | |
| liver | CElE* | |
| water | ni* | |
| fire | go* | |
| sun | usu* | |
| star | toro* | |
| stone | kurnu* | |
| mountain | toro* | |
| tree | tiwnEyn* | |
| leaf | jElEy* | |
| night | 5arnu* | |
| dog | inje* | |
| fish | isi* | |
| louse | kotoko* | |
| one | tuwno* | |
| two | yey* | |
| I | i* | |
| you | u* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- NangaDogon58% alike
- Bankan Tey DogonDogon45% alike
- Toro Tegu DogonDogon31% alike
- Tommo So DogonDogon30% alike
- Tebul Ure DogonDogon27% alike
- Toro So DogonDogon23% alike
Grammar
- Salt-YuiNuclear Trans New Guinea84% alike
- Jamsay DogonDogon83% alike
- KoitabuKoiarian82% alike
- Tommo So DogonDogon82% alike
- MelpaNuclear Trans New Guinea80% alike
- OrmaAfro-Asiatic80% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
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