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    The Dogon are an ethnic group indigenous to the central plateau region of Mali, in West Africa, south of the Niger bend, near the city of Bandiagara,...
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  • Look up Dogon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dogon may refer to: Dogon people, an ethnic group living in the central plateau region of Mali, in West...
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    The Dogon languages are a small closely related language family that is spoken by the Dogon people of Mali and may belong to the proposed Niger–Congo...
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    Dogon country (French: Pays Dogon) is a region of eastern Mali and northwestern Burkina Faso populated mainly by the Dogon people, a diverse ethnic group...
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  • Duleri Dogon or Duleri Dom, also known as Tiranige dige, is a Dogon language spoken in Mali. Duleri Dogon at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription...
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  • Escarpment Dogon is a continuum of Dogon dialects of the Bandiagara Escarpment, including the standard language. There are three principal dialects: Toro...
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  • Budu Dogon or Bunoge, also known as Korandabo, is a recently discovered Dogon language spoken in Mali. It was first reported online.[1] The plural suffix...
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    cladistic structure is not well established. Other primary branches may include Dogon, Mande, Ijo, Katla and Rashad. The connection of the Mande languages especially...
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  • Lewe (fr. Lébé) is a Dogon religious, secret institution and primordial ancestor, who arose from a serpent. According to Dogon cosmogony, Lebe is the...
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    African art (redirect from Dogon art)
    spirits. Dogon art consists primarily of sculptures. Their art revolves around Dogon religious values, ideals, and freedoms (Laude, 19). Dogon sculptures...
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  • Dogul Dom, is a Dogon language spoken in Mali. It is closest to Bondum Dogon, though not enough for mutual intelligibility. Dogul Dogon at Ethnologue (18th...
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    spirit." Some groups like the Dogon people of Mali possess several masks, each with its own unique function. The Dogon are governed by three main religious...
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  • The Bondum language, Bondum Dom, is a Dogon language spoken in Mali. It is closest to Dogul Dogon, though not enough for mutual intelligibility. Dialects...
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    Nommo (category Dogon religion)
    Dogon religion and cosmogony (sometimes referred to as demi deities) venerated by the Dogon people of Mali. The word Nommos is derived from a Dogon word...
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  • Ana Dogon, or Ana Tiŋa, is a recently discovered Dogon language spoken in Mali. It was first reported online in 2005 by Roger Blench. Ana Dogon at Ethnologue...
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  • percent of Malians adhere to traditional African religions such as the Dogon religion, or Christianity. Atheism and agnosticism are believed to be rare...
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  • The Tebul language, also known as Tebul Ure, is a Dogon language spoken in Mali by the Tebul U (Tebul people). It was first reported under this name online...
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  • Dogon A.D. is an album by saxophonist Julius Hemphill. It was recorded in February 1972 in St. Louis, Missouri, and was initially released on LP in limited...
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    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...
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    Ethnologue counts more than 80 languages. Of these, Bambara, Bobo, Bozo, Dogon, Fula, Hassaniya, Kassonke, Maninke, Minyanka, Senufo, Songhay languages...
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  • Dogon-Peul Action (French: Action dogon-peul) was a candidature in the 1957 French Sudan Territorial Assembly election. The list obtained 24,409 votes...
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  • Yanda Dogon is a Dogon language spoken in Mali. It is reported to be lexically similar to Nanga, which is only known from one report from 1953. Yanda at...
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    باندياغارا الصخرية, French: falaise de Bandiagara) is an escarpment in the Dogon country of Mali. The sandstone cliff rises about 500 m (1,600 ft) above...
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  • Mombo Dogon is a Dogon language spoken in Mali. Helabo and Miambo are dialects. Until c. 2005 Ampari was considered a dialect. However, while Ampari understand...
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    conflict has escalated since 2015 between agricultural communities like the Dogon and the Bambara, and the pastoral Fula (or Fulani) people. Historically...
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  • Ampari Dogon, also known as Ambange or Ampari kora, is a Dogon language spoken in Mali. The language has been called Ejenge Dõ or Kolum So in the literature...
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    Sirius (section Dogon)
    Walter van Beek concluded about the Dogon, "Though they do speak about sigu tolo [which is what Griaule claimed the Dogon called Sirius] they disagree completely...
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  • Douentza Sign Language, or Dogon Sign Language is a community sign language spoken in Douentza and neighboring communities in the Dogon country in Mali. It is...
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  • Dogon is a Dogon language spoken in Mali. It is close to Ampari. The language was first described as distinct in 2011 by Prokhorov. The Penange Dogon...
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  • Naŋa dama, also known as Naŋa tegu, is a Dogon language spoken in Mali that is only known from one report from 1953. Roger Blench reports that its nearest...
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