Toro Tegu

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Toro Tegu is a Dogon language spoken in Mali, known for its distinct phonology and grammar within the Dogon language family.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Toro Tegu canonical 2
Toro-tegu 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Dogon language
language
natural language
country Mali
ethnicGroup Dogon people
linked to: Dogon
hasAlternativeName Toro Dogon
Toro So
Toro-tegu
linked to: Toro Tegu
hasDistinctiveFeature distinct grammar within Dogon languages
distinct phonology within Dogon languages
hasDomain linguistics
hasEndangermentCause shift to dominant regional languages
hasGlottocode toro1253
hasGlottologName Toro Tegu
hasISO639-3Code ttq
hasLinguisticClassificationStatus poorly documented
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tone
rich consonant inventory
vowel length distinctions
hasResearchField Dogon linguistics
hasResearchInterest morphosyntax
phonology
tone system
hasSpeakerCommunityType rural
hasTonalSystem tonal language
hasTypologicalFeature agglutinative morphology
noun class or gender-like distinctions
postpositions rather than prepositions
hasWordOrder SOV
hasWritingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet
isEndangered true
isMinorityLanguageIn Mali
isNotMutuallyIntelligibleWith other Dogon varieties
isRelatedTo other Dogon languages
isSpokenBy Dogon communities
languageFamily Dogon
Niger-Congo
region central Mali
spokenByApproximatePopulation small population of speakers
spokenIn Mali
West Africa
subclassOf Dogon languages
Niger-Congo languages
usedFor everyday communication in Dogon villages
usedIn local cultural practices
oral tradition

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dogon languages hasSubgroup Toro Tegu
Toro Tegu hasGlottologName Toro Tegu
Toro Tegu hasAlternativeName Toro-tegu
linked to: Toro Tegu