The latter two are traditionally subsumed under the name Tene kã (Tene Kan, Tene Tingi), but Hochstetler separates them because the three varieties are about equidistant.
There are a quarter million speakers of these dialects, about evenly split between Tomo Kan and Tene Kan, making this the most populous of the Dogon languages. There are a few Tomo-speaking villages just across the border in Burkina Faso.
In Tomo Kan, an extra central vowel sound [ʉ] is also attested possibly as a result of /i/ preceding a nasalised segment or a /u/. It may also regularly be pronounced as [u] as well.[2]
ReferencesEdit
^Tomo Kan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Tene Kan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ abDyachkov, Vadim (2019). A Grammar of Tomo Kan Dogon.
^Heath, Jeffrey (2015). A Grammar of Togo Kan. University of Michigan.
Blench, Roger (2005). "A survey of Dogon languages in Mali: Overview". OGMIOS: Newsletter of Foundation for Endangered Languages. 3.02 (26): 14–15. Retrieved 2011-06-30..
Hochstetler, J. Lee; Durieux, J.A.; E.I.K. Durieux-Boon (2004). Sociolinguistic Survey of the Dogon Language Area(PDF). SIL International. Retrieved 2011-06-30.
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western, plains, dogon, dogon, dialects, western, plains, below, bandiagara, escarpment, mali, mutually, intelligible, they, sometimes, called, dogon, because, they, word, also, spelled, varieties, speech, dialects, tomo, teŋu, togo, kãkan, dogonregionmali, bu. The Dogon dialects of the western plains below the Bandiagara Escarpment is Mali are mutually intelligible They are sometimes called the Kan Dogon because they use the word kan also spelled ka for varieties of speech The dialects are Tomo ka Teŋu ka Togo kaWestern Plains DogonKan DogonRegionMali Burkina FasoNative speakers 260 000 cited 1998 1 Language familyNiger Congo DogonPlainsWestern Plains DogonDialectsTomo Kan Tengu Kan Togo KanLanguage codesISO 639 3Either a href https iso639 3 sil org code dtm class extiw title iso639 3 dtm dtm a Tomo Kan a href https iso639 3 sil org code dtk class extiw title iso639 3 dtk dtk a Tene KanGlottologwest2508 The latter two are traditionally subsumed under the name Tene ka Tene Kan Tene Tingi but Hochstetler separates them because the three varieties are about equidistant There are a quarter million speakers of these dialects about evenly split between Tomo Kan and Tene Kan making this the most populous of the Dogon languages There are a few Tomo speaking villages just across the border in Burkina Faso Contents 1 Phonology 1 1 Consonants 1 2 Vowels 2 ReferencesPhonology EditConsonants Edit Tomo Kan consonants 2 Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar GlottalStop Affricate voiceless p t t ʃ k ʔvoiced nasal b d d ʒ g ʔ Fricative voiceless ɸ s hvoiced z Nasal m n ɲ ŋTap ɾApproximant central w l jnasal w j Consonant germination also occurs frequently among sounds kː lː nː tː z can only occur among loanwords ɸ is interchangeable with h Togo Kan consonants 3 Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar GlottalStop Affricate voiceless p t t ʃ k ʔ voiced b d d ʒ gFricative f s ɣ h Nasal m n ɲ ŋTap central ɾnasal ɾ Approximant central w l jnasal w j Consonant sound t ʃ only rarely occurs and in almost absent Consonant sounds z ʃ ʒ are absent except in loanwords ɡ can be realized as a fricative ɣ between vowel sounds a ɔ Sounds f h only occur from loanwords and are interchangeable Glottal sound ʔ can only occur as an element in some reduplicated forms of vowel initial words or between vowels within a word Vowels Edit Oral NasalFront Back Front BackClose i iː u uː ĩ ĩː ũ ũːClose mid e eː o oː ẽ ẽː o oːOpen mid ɛ ɛː ɔ ɔː ɛ ɛ ː ɔ ɔ ːOpen a aː a aːIn Tomo Kan an extra central vowel sound ʉ is also attested possibly as a result of i preceding a nasalised segment or a u It may also regularly be pronounced as u as well 2 References Edit Tomo Kan at Ethnologue 18th ed 2015 subscription required Tene Kan at Ethnologue 18th ed 2015 subscription required a b Dyachkov Vadim 2019 A Grammar of Tomo Kan Dogon Heath Jeffrey 2015 A Grammar of Togo Kan University of Michigan Blench Roger 2005 A survey of Dogon languages in Mali Overview OGMIOS Newsletter of Foundation for Endangered Languages 3 02 26 14 15 Retrieved 2011 06 30 Hochstetler J Lee Durieux J A E I K Durieux Boon 2004 Sociolinguistic Survey of the Dogon Language Area PDF SIL International Retrieved 2011 06 30 This article about Dogon languages is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Western Plains Dogon amp oldid 1168824034, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
