Jamsay Dogon
Jamsay Dogon is a Dogon language spoken in Burkina Faso and Mali.
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Jamsay Dogon is one of the Dogon languages spoken in Mali, and the only one spoken in Burkina Faso apart from a few villages of Tomo Kan. It is one of the plains languages spoken in Dogon villages outside the Bandiagara Escarpment (the cliffs that the Dogon ethnic group is usually associated with). It is a major language in Koro, at the south end of the escarpment, and stretches as far north as Douentza. It is not mutually intelligible with other Plains Dogon languages, but is widely known as the prestige variety due to its use as the language of radio broadcasts. Dialects are Domno tegu, Gono tegu, Bama tegu, and Guru tegu; their degree of mutual intelligibility has not been recorded. Domno is the standard dialect, and considered the purest; Guru (Koro) is the dialect of that town.
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Words in Jamsay Dogon
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | inin* | |
| name | bonu* | |
| eye | giro7i* | |
| ear | suN* | |
| nose | kine* | |
| tooth | EnE* | |
| tongue | nEnE* | |
| hand | numo* | |
| blood | ne* | |
| bone | kirE* | |
| skin | guju* | |
| knee | nENe* | |
| breast | iru* | |
| liver | CEnEpolom* | |
| water | ní꞉ | |
| fire | nuo* | |
| sun | nini* | |
| star | toro* | |
| stone | tumo* | |
| tree | tiwe* | |
| leaf | tiwekuro* | |
| night | doogo* | |
| dog | iju* | |
| fish | iju* | |
| one | turu* | |
| two | leiy* | |
| drink | nowo* | |
| see | eiy* | |
| hear | ogoro* | |
| die | nuworo* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- Tengou-Togo DogonDogon37% alike
- Donno So DogonDogon36% alike
- Toro So DogonDogon33% alike
- Tommo So DogonDogon32% alike
- Toro Tegu DogonDogon30% alike
- NangaDogon26% alike
Grammar
- BambaraMande85% alike
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- Ben Tey DogonDogon83% alike
- Angosturas TuneboChibchan82% alike
- DyulaMande81% alike
- GebeAustronesian81% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · jams1239 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · djm