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Dogon, Bondum Dom

A language of Mali

ISO 639-3dbu

Population  24,700 (1998 J. Durieux).
Region  Plateau area north border, separated from Tommo So area south by a mainly uninhabited plain east of Dia, and a deep ravine running westward from Dia to the cliff that ends the plateau. Borko village language area center.
Language map  Mali, reference number 3
Alternate names   Bondum-Dom
Dialects  Kindjim, Nadjamba.
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Dogon
Comments  Agriculturalists.

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Academic Publications

DURIEUX, J. A.; DURIEUX-BOON, E. I. K.; HOCHSTETLER, J. Lee, authors. 2004. "Sociolinguistic Survey of the Dogon language area."  Available online