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The Bangime (''(unicode:bàŋɡí–mɛ̀)'') language, or in full ''(unicode:Bàŋgɛ́rí-mɛ̀)'',〔/Vr/ sequences are frequently dropped. The language has also been called ''Numadaw'', which is part of a greeting.〕 is spoken by some 1,500 ethnic Dogon in seven villages in southern Mali, who call themselves the ''(unicode:bàŋɡá–ndɛ̀)'' ('hidden people'). Long known to be highly divergent from (other) Dogon languages, it was first proposed as a possible isolate by Blench (2005). Research since then has confirmed that it appears to be unrelated to neighboring languages. Roger Blench, who discovered the language was not Dogon, notes, :''This language contains some Niger–Congo roots but is lexically very remote from all other languages in West Africa. It is presumably the last remaining representative of the languages spoken prior to the expansion of the Dogon proper,'' which he dates to 3,000–4,000 years ago. Bangime has been characterised as an anti-language, ''i.e.'' a language that serves to distinguish its speakers from a wider population, possibly associated with the Bangande villages having been a refuge for escapees from slave caravans. Blench (2015) suggests that Bangime and Dogon languages may have a substratum from a "missing" branch of Nilo-Saharan that had split off relatively early from Proto-Nilo-Saharan, and tentatively calls that branch "Plateau".〔Blench, Roger. 2015. (Was there a now-vanished branch of Nilo-Saharan on the Dogon Plateau? Evidence from substrate vocabulary in Bangime and Dogon ).〕 ==Locations== Bangime is spoken in 7 villages east of Karge, near Bandiagara, Mopti Region, central Mali (Blench 2007). *Bara (IPA: ) *Bounou (IPA: ) *Niana (IPA: ) *Die'ni (IPA: ) *Digari (IPA: ) *Doro (IPA: ) *Due (IPA: ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bangime language」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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