Tonjon language

{{Short description|Extinct Mande language of Côte d'Ivoire}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Tonjon

| states = Ivory Coast

| region = Vallée du Bandama District

| ethnicity = Djimini people

| extinct = since the 1950s

| ref = {{cite web|title=Atlas of the world's languages in danger|url=https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000187026|website=UNESCO|page=191|date=2010|access-date=2024-12-14|author1=Christopher Moseley|author2=Alexandre Nicolas}}

| familycolor = Niger-Congo

| fam1 = Niger–Congo

| fam2 = Mande

| fam3 = Western Mande

| fam4 = Central

| fam5 = Manding–Jogo

| fam6 = Jogo–Jeri

| fam7 = Jogo

| iso3 = tjn

| glotto = tonj1246

| glottorefname = Tonjon

| map = Lang Status 01-EX.svg

| mapcaption = {{center|{{small|Tonjon is classified as Extinct by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger}}}}

}}

Tonjon is an extinct Mande language once spoken by blacksmiths among the Djimini Senoufo of Ivory Coast. It was closely related to Ligbi, another blacksmith language.

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