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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Mali > Dogon, Kolum So

Dogon, Kolum So

A language of Mali

ISO 639-3dkl

Population  24,000 (1998 J. Durieux).
Region  Pinia administrative area, between Sevare and Bandiagara.
Language map  Mali, reference number 8
Alternate names   Edyenge Dom, Idyoli Donge, Piniari
Dialects  Mombo (Helabo, Miambo), Ambange (Ampari).
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Dogon
Comments  Called ‘Kulum So’, meaning ‘sunset dialects’, by central Dogons. Called ‘Piniari’ by Fulani. Agriculturalists.