This website presents searchable interfaces to lexicographic data being collected for the Languages of Dogon project. Its principle investigator is Professor Jeffrey Heath (http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jheath/).

The current database includes: Jamsay [djm], Gourou, Nanga, Beni, Walo, Tabi, and Najamba. Video clips illustrate lexical distinctions and link to the comparative lexicon. In-depth ethno-botanical images are being linked to the comparative lexicon as well. Free bilingual PDF dictionaries are available under bilingual dictionaries.

The Dogon data on this site is encoded in Unicode and uses SIL's Doulos SIL font for rendering. Doulos SIL is freely available at: http://scripts.sil.org/DoulosSILfont.

The timelines for fieldwork in the current grant are:

• Jeff Heath in Mali January-August 2008 and summer 2009 (focus on Najamba and Tabi-Sarinyere, finishing up Beni, Nanga, and, time permitting, Walo).

• Kirill Prochorov in Mali January-December 2008, except August in Russia (Kolu-So), January 2009 one month visiting MPI-EVA.
• Abbie Hantgan in Mali summer 2008 (Bangeri Me), intending to return later for 1 year (not yet funded).

As data is collected it is added to the online database. Extensive flora-fauna materials are also being added to the database. Project materials also include PDF bilingual dictionaries that can be generated online, and grammars, dictionaries and a bibliography under the resources link.

©2008 Jeffrey Heath