Toro Tegu Dogon
Toro Tegu Dogon is a Dogon language spoken in Mali.
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The Toro language, Tɔrɔ tegu 'Mountain speech', is a Dogon language spoken in Mali. It is closest to the prestige variety of Dogon, Jamsay tegu, though speakers deny they are related and understand little of it. (They understand nothing of the Dogon languages on the escarpment or plateau.) Hochstetler report difficulties in comprehension between Tɔrɔ tegu and one of the western Plains Dogon languages, Tomo kan.
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Words in Toro Tegu Dogon
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | nu* | |
| name | isoN* | |
| eye | jiro* | |
| ear | suguru* | |
| tooth | yiro* | |
| tongue | lela* | |
| hand | lo* | |
| blood | neN* | |
| bone | Cira* | |
| skin | gusu* | |
| knee | niNo* | |
| breast | iru* | |
| liver | CEla* | |
| water | ni* | |
| fire | nuwo* | |
| sun | noN* | |
| star | semrey* | |
| stone | tuwo* | |
| tree | orona* | |
| leaf | koto* | |
| night | yaNa* | |
| dog | nenu* | |
| one | turu* | |
| two | ley* | |
| drink | ni* | |
| see | wo* | |
| hear | Egu* | |
| die | num* | |
| come | yeru* | |
| path | osu* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Ben Tey DogonDogon31% alike
- Jamsay DogonDogon30% alike
- Bankan Tey DogonDogon28% alike
- Tommo So DogonDogon25% alike
- Tengou-Togo DogonDogon25% alike
- Toro So DogonDogon24% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · toro1253 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · dtt