Dogon and Bangime Linguistics

Dogon texts

Dogon texts are given here in paired pdf files, one with a transcription and the other with an English free translation. Any transcriptions or translations that need to be checked or that are otherwise doubtful are color-highlighted, and these should not be used as primary data at this time.

Jamsay (Dogon, Mali)

Tape 2004_03, track A, texts 2004_03_1 to _15

Contents: 1. Collective hunt, 2. Lion, 3. Women incite men to hunt, 4. Fights with an elephant, a lion, and a leopard, 5. Snakes, 6. Millet growth stages, 7. Introduction of the plow, 8. Crop pests, 9. After the harvest, 10. Relations with Fulbe, 11. Origin of Dianwely village, 12. Blacksmith caste, 13. Blacksmith women, 14. Spinning and weaving, 15. Sege caste

Najamba (Dogon, Mali)

Ben Tay (Beni) (Dogon, Mali)

Nanga (Dogon, Mali)

Togo Kan (Dogon, Mali)

Toro Tegu (Tabi, Tabi-Sarinyere) (Dogon, Mali)


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