Language Jamsay
(from a common greeting), the largest-population Dogon language. It is the dominant language of villages in the plains between and northeast of the major inselbergs in the northeastern area. Mainstream Jamsay extends from the Douentza area southeast to Bamba and Koro, and northeast to the Mondoro area (from where some villages extend into Burkina Faso). Mainstream Jamsay is quite uniform.
- Soufouroullaye (Sebendourou) sister village very close to Sebendourou
- Douna (near Mondoro) village
- Gassey Diame (Gase) village
- Seguemara (Jamsay) one of two paired villages in plains, for the other see Seguemara (Fulbe); farming and herding
- Yadianga (Gourou) village in plains; farming and herding
- Douari
- Petaga (Petaka) village in plains, straddling the highway; also some Tamasheks of gargasaajo caste (Yatara, specialists in leather and jewelry); faming and herding; gardening (onion, chili pepper, tomato)
- Bamba (Jamsay) overall name for a large cluster of villages at the base of the mountain; not to be confused with the Songhay town on the Niger R. of the same name
- Dianwely (old, near Daidourou)
- Ouamde (Wamde) village; northernmost Jamsay-speaking village, at the base of an inselberg ridge; formerly on the inselberg slope (a few families still there)
- Sogou (Jamsay) village on lower slope of hill
- Naye (Jamsay) one of two paired villages of the same name, see Naye (Fulbe); in plains
- Bamba-Bantougou village at base of hill, part of "Bamba" cluster
- Bamba-Koudianga village at base of hill, part of "Bamba" village cluster; school
- Dianwely Kessel
- Dianwely Maoude
- Bamba-Irekanda village at base of hill, part of "Bamba" village cluster; school
- Doundoubangou village in Burkina Faso
- Tena (Tere) village on a small elevation
- Akongoro Buro small hamlet of Mondoro
- Bamba-Deguere village on lower slope and at base of mountain, part of "Bamba" cluster; school; ponds, mangoes
- Bamba-Siguire village at base of hill, part of "Bamba" cluster
- Kombo-Ogourou village in plains; Protestant church; farming and herding [for paired Fulbe village see Kombo-Ogourou (Fulbe)]
- Vendou Mbalou village in Burkina Faso
- Dinangourou village in plains
- Lassa Ouaire village in Burkina Faso
- Sebendourou village
- Toulewendou village
- Yeremdourou village
- Tagousouwo village in plains
- Bamba-Belma village at base of hill, part of "Bamba" cluster; large pond, mangoes
- Diangoudio village in plains on a slight elevation; farming and herding
- Diennsagou village in plains
- Niamangoro
- Niangasaju village
- Sambaladio village
- Tiguila Pey "Tiguila" is global name for a cluster of villages including Korkana and Peto Kobi
- Orodourou village in plains; farming and herding
- Bamba-Togo village at base of hill, part of "Bamba" cluster
- Boussouma village at base of mountain; extensive ponds (including bulrush stands) and gardens
- Daidourou
- Diankabou large village in plains between Bamba and Madougou; large ponds with water lilies
- Dioungani
- Dougoussa village
- Gangafani
- Karakinde
- Lewekande village in plains; farming and herding
- Ogonongou Jamsay-speaking village next to Kombo-Ogourou, originally settled from Pomboro-Dodiou; farming and herding
- Sobanguma
- Anakedie village on plains
- Bangadie village
- Boumboum village
- Dionouga village; shown on old maps as on Burkina side of border, but acquired by Mali after a border war
- Fete Noti village
- Goumbomo hamlet for Dinangourou
- Kassanga village
- Madougou town in plains between Bamba and Koro; two oldest sections were settled respectively from Ibi (Kodio) and Arou (Den) villages
- Peto Kobi village; part of Tiguila cluster
- Sabanga
- Pongoro
- Anakila village in plains; farming and herding; gardens; well-known for manufacture of jujube cakes
- Aouguine village on plain, old village above in hill (two families left there) called ònùrⁿú; farming and herding; no gardening; village totems crocodile and one-testicled animals; annual ritual with sacrifice to totem; marriage with Temde village; Muslim, Christian, animist; weaving; healing (mental illness)
- Boumbam village in plains
- Fombori
- Issouwa village
- Korkana village; part of "Tiguila" village complex
- Mondoro large village
- Ogosara village in plains; farming and herding
- Patouki village at base of small hill; farming and herding
- Toikana village
- Youdiou village in plains; Protestant church; farming and herding
- Kilimba village on lower slope of hill; pond at base of a nearby dune ridge
- Okoyeri village at base of hill
- Douari
- Diguel village in Burkina Faso
- Dorodo village in plains; farming and herding
- Kokoul hamlet (hameau) of Mondoro
- Kotoro village at base of small hill, across highway from Dansa; farming and herding
- Pergue village on flat rocky shelf overlooking sandy plains and valley; has unique, highly divergent Jamsay dialect with much Nanga influence (intermarriage with Anda and Wakara still common); paired with Wakara in ethnohistory of origin (two brothers who split up); one neighborhood with about 1/4 of village is occupied by a caste of indigo dye-ers who speak standard Jamsay; millet fields are in plains below and some on shelf; cattle festival around early December, goat festival around June; less rigorously Islamic than nearby Beni
- Nyini village in plains; ; farming and herding
- Banai village; there is another village of the same name (see "Bania")
- Bania village; same native name as another Jamsay village
- Douma village on lower slope of small inselberg; said to have been founded by Songhay from Kasa village on Gandamiya mountain summit; farming and herding; doum-palm mats (women), weaving, leatherwork (Morba), herding (Fulbe); no gardens; many Fulbe are away with herds during dry season
- Eweri old village on summit of inselberg above Fombori; said to have originally come from Tiwegoro [tìwⁿè-górò] in Tengou-Kan zone; farmers; gardens on plain near Douentza (corn, tomato, squash, African eggplant, chili pepper, yam, sweet potato, onion); healers of mental illness, gynecological disorders, fractures and sprains; wooden beds
- Gimel village on slope of small mountain near Dianwely Maoude; said to have been settled by people from Dorou [dɔ́:rú] near Koro; farming and some herding, fields now mostly in plains, older fields on mountain; no gardening; industries include wooden beds, branch-strip baskets; healers of mental illness, skin sores
- Gouti village; said to be the oldest Jamsay settlement in the Mondoro region
- Kambo hamlet for Dinangourou
- Toula
- Yirma village, said to be the original Jamsay village in the Mondoro zone
- Nende village cluster in a row along lower slope of hill (some buildings on plains at base);gardening (vegetables, chili pepper, tobacco) and fruit trees (banana, papaya, mango)
- Gasa
- Amba
- Kiri
- Pene
- Koro large town and administrative center, mixed Dogon including Gourou, some Burkinabé
- Gono village in plains; freeborn Dogon plus some of má:ɲá-m and sɛ́gɛ́-m castes; blacksmiths; one extended family of Ongoiba famous throughout the region for bone-healing (fractures, sprains); farming and herding; extensive gardens (renowned for calabashes)
- Ombo
- Soye village in plains; farming and herding
