Endangered Languages Project

ALSO KNOWN AS		Dogon, Bangeri Me, Bangerime, Bangeri-me, Banger-me, Baŋgi me, Numadaw, Numa-Daw, Dyeni, Dyɛni, Yeni, Yɛni, Noumandan, Elebo
CLASSIFICATION		Isolate, African
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		dba
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,200-3,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"The estimated total number of speakers ranges between 1,200 (Gordon, 2005) to 3000 (Blench & Dendo, 2005)."

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "The language Bangime is spoken by seven villages located in the Cercle of Bandiagara, Commune of Kargue. These are specifically located at the following coordinates (North/West): Bounou (14:47:50/ 3:45:40), Bara (14:48:20/ 3:45:30), Nyana 6 (14:48:10 3:46:50), Digari (14:47:40/ 3:46:50), Doro (14:49:20/ 3:47:20), Dieni (14:47:10/ 3:45:50), and Due (14:48:20/ 3:47:00) (Hochstetler, et al., 2004). This lies in the north-west of the Dogon plateau, and the villages are reached by an unpaved road around 20km south-east of Konna, which is located on the main road between Sevaré and Gao."

					2010	A Grammar of Bangime (Draft)													Indiana University	http://dogonlanguages.org/docs/A_Grammar_of_Bangime.pdf	Abbie E. Hantgan	Abbie E. Hantgan. 2010. "A Grammar of Bangime (Draft)." Online: http://dogonlanguages.org/docs/A_Grammar_of_Bangime.pdf.						1,200-3,000		1000-9999	"The estimated total number of speakers ranges between 1,200 (Gordon, 2005) to 3000 (Blench & Dendo, 2005)."												Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)								Mali, Burkina Faso	"The language Bangime is spoken by seven villages located in the Cercle of Bandiagara, Commune of Kargue. These are specifically located at the following coordinates (North/West): Bounou (14:47:50/ 3:45:40), Bara (14:48:20/ 3:45:30), Nyana 6 (14:48:10 3:46:50), Digari (14:47:40/ 3:46:50), Doro (14:49:20/ 3:47:20), Dieni (14:47:10/ 3:45:50), and Due (14:48:20/ 3:47:00) (Hochstetler, et al., 2004). This lies in the north-west of the Dogon plateau, and the villages are reached by an unpaved road around 20km south-east of Konna, which is located on the main road between Sevaré and Gao."	14.797222, -3.761111; 14.805556, -3.758333;14.802778, -3.780556;14.794444,-3.780556;14.822222,-3.788889;14.786111,-3.763889;14.805556,-3.783333
			16		2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)				M. Paul Lewis		SIL International			Dallas, TX					http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub					2,000 (Blench 2005)

Bangime