The Nanga language (with “ng” pronounced as a velar nasal) is spoken in a
relatively small area about halfway between Douentza and Bandiagara. The
speakers of the language refer to themselves, and to their language, as na@Ni$, The
villages are Anda [a@˘ndE@], Namakoro [na@ma@ko$ro$], Pergesa [pE$gE$sa@], Kono
[kç@˘r<ç@], Wakara [wa$ka@ra$], Boromi [bo$ro$mi@], Irani [i$ra$ni@], Ouse [u@˘sE@], and
Soroni [so@ro@ni$]. Administratively, the Nanga-speaking zone is carved up
among three districts (cercles) in the provice (région) of Mopti, namely the
districts of Douentza (villages of Soroni and Ouse), Bandiagara (Anda, Wakara,
Boromi, Irani, Namakoro, and Pergesa), and Koro (Kono), all of which
currently form part of the région (i.e. province) of Mopti. There are markets in
Wakara and Kono that participate in a five-day market-day sequence also
involving the Tommo-So speaking villages of Mori and Kasa, and the mostly
Jamsay-speaking village of Perge (not the same as Pergesa).

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