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Dogon

dialect continuum of southeastern Mali
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Dogon

Summary

Dogon is a dialect continuum[1]. Dogon ranks in the top 9% of dialect_continuum entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (230 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dogon is in the country of Mali[3].
  • Dogon's instance of is recorded as dialect continuum[4].
  • Dogon's instance of is recorded as language[5].
  • Dogon is a type of Atlantic–Congo[6].
  • Dogon is a type of Benue–Congo[7].
  • Dogon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dogon languages[8].
  • Dogon's indigenous to is recorded as Mopti Region[9].
  • Dogon's exact match is recorded as http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-326153098[10].
  • Dogon's linguistic typology is recorded as subject–object–verb[11].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include dialect continuum[4] and language[5]. Recorded subclass of include Atlantic–Congo[6] and Benue–Congo[7].

Why It Matters

Dogon ranks in the top 9% of dialect_continuum entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (230 views/month).[2] Dogon has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] Dogon is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

Dogon and Bangime Linguistics Mali

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Dogon. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/dogon
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  1. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → —
    Indigenous to → Mopti Region
    Instance of → dialect continuum, language
    Subclass of → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007557813105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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