Endangered Languages Project - Mombo

Mombo

^{[aka Kolu So, Kolu, Kolum So]}

Classification: Niger-Congo

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vulnerable

ALSO KNOWN AS		Kolu So, Kolu, Kolum So, Kolum-so, Kolu-so, Pignari, Mombo Dogon
CLASSIFICATION		Niger-Congo, Dogon, West Dogon
ORTHOGRAPHY		none
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		dmb
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition” . Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig · SIL International

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
19,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
(SIL)

DATE OF INFO: 1998

Scripts (Writing system): none

PLACES: Mali

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Mopti region: Bandiagara circle, from Mopti to Bandiagara. 27 villages."

PLACES: Mali

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken in roughly 15 villages including Songho that are on or near the highway from Mopti-Sevare to Bandiagara.

PLACES: Eastern Mali

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: "Mombo is one of around 20 Dogon languages spoken in eastern Mali, with several Dogon-speaking villages located across the border with Burkina Faso. This area is traditionall called 'Dogon Country'... and Mombo is spoken in appoximately 20-25 villages in the western part of this area."

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

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Information from: “Personal Communication on Dogon Languages” . Jeffrey Heath (2012)