A Grammar of Bangime

By Jeffrey Heath

Spoken only in a cul-de-sac valley in Dogon country in east-central Mali, Bangime is the most enigmatic language isolate in the whole of interior West Africa. It is apparently a Basque-like survival of a formerly widespread language family, now boxed into this small valley by the expansion of Niger-Congo languages (Dogon, Bozo, Mande) on all sides. This book brings out the full glory of its grammar, especially its 3-level tone system.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110557495
• ISBN13: 9783110557497
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.9" x 9.6"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary