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Dogon is an English word. Below you'll find 7 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Dogon in a sentence

Dogon meaning

A member of a group of people living in the central plateau region of Mali, Africa.

Using Dogon

  • The main meaning on this page is: A member of a group of people living in the central plateau region of Mali, Africa.
  • In the example corpus, dogon often appears in combinations such as: the dogon.

Context around Dogon

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 6 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

january 1× linking 1×

Often after:

daji 1× people 1× hungers 1× dawa 1×

Sentence patterns with Dogon

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

among the dogon the principle 1× as the dogon people in 1× evidence linking dogon to niger 1× in january dogon hungers were 1× in the dogon daji community 1× kidandan along dogon dawa road 1× system are dogon and ijaw 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

bandits have killed 1× but in populations 1× common principles of 1× in january dogon 1× other branches lacking 1× the evidence linking 1×

Common sentence endings:

a fulani village 1× a unitary group 1× and faro becoming 1× and unguwan nakuli 1× congo is weak 1× in kaduna state 1×

Words around Dogon

Just before it in the word index:

dogo 16 dognapping 3 dogmeat 2 dogme 6 dogmatists 5 dogmatism 15

Just after it in the word index:

dogood 3 dogor 2 dogpatch 6 dogpile 4 dogpool 3 dogpound 5

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaba 10 aafc 10 aaib 10 aalbers 10 abbate 10 abbesses 10

Corpus analysis for Dogon

  • In this selection, "dogon" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, january, linking, daji, people and hungers stand out and add context to how "dogon" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include among the dogon the principle and as the dogon people in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "dogon" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with dogon

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The evidence linking Dogon to Niger–Congo is weak. (9 words)

In January, Dogon hungers were blamed for the killing of 37 people in a Fulani village. (16 words)

Bandits have killed one person and abducted 23 other residents in the Dogon-Daji community along the Abuja-Kaduna near Kagarko town in Kaduna State. (25 words)

Longer example sentences

Other branches lacking any trace of the noun-class system are Dogon and Ijaw, whereas the Talodi branch of Kordofanian does have cognate noun classes, suggesting that Kordofanian is also not a unitary group. (34 words)

But in populations with more pregnancies, such as the Dogon people in Mali, women may experience a small fraction of that – an estimated 100 periods over the course of their lives. (31 words)

He said, “During the recent clearance operations and routine patrols, they (troops) raided suspected kidnappers’ hideouts at Kidandan, along Dogon Dawa road, Unguwan Bilya, Sofa and Unguwan Nakuli. (28 words)

Example sentences (7)

Bandits have killed one person and abducted 23 other residents in the Dogon-Daji community along the Abuja-Kaduna near Kagarko town in Kaduna State.

But in populations with more pregnancies, such as the Dogon people in Mali, women may experience a small fraction of that – an estimated 100 periods over the course of their lives.

In January, Dogon hungers were blamed for the killing of 37 people in a Fulani village.

He said, “During the recent clearance operations and routine patrols, they (troops) raided suspected kidnappers’ hideouts at Kidandan, along Dogon Dawa road, Unguwan Bilya, Sofa and Unguwan Nakuli.

Common principles of being and becoming are widespread: Among the Dogon, the principle of Amma (being) and Nummo (becoming), and among the Bambara, Pemba (being) and Faro (becoming).

Other branches lacking any trace of the noun-class system are Dogon and Ijaw, whereas the Talodi branch of Kordofanian does have cognate noun classes, suggesting that Kordofanian is also not a unitary group.

The evidence linking Dogon to Niger–Congo is weak.

Common combinations with dogon

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "dogon" in a sentence?
An example: "Bandits have killed one person and abducted 23 other residents in the Dogon-Daji community along the Abuja-Kaduna near Kagarko town in Kaduna State." This page contains 7 example sentences with the word "dogon" from authentic English texts.
What does "dogon" mean?
Dogon means: A member of a group of people living in the central plateau region of Mali, Africa.
How many example sentences with "dogon" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 7 example sentences with "dogon", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.