Ben Tey Dogon Explained

Ben Tey
Region:Mali
Speakers:3,000 (2004/2005) to 2,000
Date:2011
Ref:[1]
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Dogon
Fam3:Nanga
Iso3:dbt
Glotto:bent1238
Glottorefname:Ben Tey Dogon

Ben Tey Dogon, named after the village Been it is spoken in, is a divergent, recently described Dogon language spoken in Mali. It is closely related to Bankan Tey and Nanga Dogon. It is said that elders in the Dogon village of Gawru also speak this language. Been is reported to have been settled from the village of Walo, and Ben Tey Dogon differs from Walo Dogon primarily from being under a different foreign influence, as Been village is surrounded by Jamsay-speaking villages, which Walo is not.

Notes and References

  1. http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/cr_files/2011-070_dbt.pdf ISO change request