Zarma language

E160218

Nilo-Saharan language Songhay language language

The Zarma language is a widely spoken Nilo-Saharan language of West Africa, primarily used in Niger and neighboring countries, and serves as a major lingua franca in the region.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Zarma	5
Zarma language canonical	3

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nilo-Saharan language ⓘ Songhay language ⓘ language ⓘ
alternativeName	Djerma language ⓘ Dyerma language ⓘ Zerma language ⓘ
belongsTo	Songhay branch of Nilo-Saharan ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Koyra Chiini language ⓘ Koyraboro Senni language ⓘ Songhay languages ⓘ surface form: Songhay language
countryOfficialStatus	recognized national language of Niger ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Songhai people ⓘ surface form: Zarma people
glottocode	zarm1239 ⓘ
hasApproximateSpeakers	over 2 million ⓘ
hasISO639-1Code	none ⓘ
hasISO639-2Code	dje ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code	dje ⓘ
hasLinguisticResearch	descriptive grammars and dictionaries ⓘ
hasMajorDialect	Dosso Zarma ⓘ Niamey Zarma ⓘ Dosso Zarma ⓘ surface form: Tillabéri Zarma
hasNeighborLanguage	Fulfulde ⓘ surface form: Fulfulde language Hausa ⓘ surface form: Hausa language Tamajaq language ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	contrastive vowel length ⓘ tone language ⓘ
hasStandardization	orthography promoted in Niger ⓘ
influencedBy	French language ⓘ Hausa ⓘ surface form: Hausa language
isLinguaFrancaIn	Niger ⓘ
isMajorLanguageOf	Niger ⓘ
languageFamily	Songhay languages ⓘ
macroFamily	Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
morphologyType	analytic ⓘ
primaryRegion	Niger River valley ⓘ southwestern Niger ⓘ
regulatoryBody	none ⓘ
spokenIn	Burkina Faso ⓘ Mali ⓘ Niger ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ
typology	SVO word order ⓘ
usedAlongside	French language in Niger ⓘ
usedAs	language of interethnic communication in Niger ⓘ
usedBy	Zarma diaspora communities in West Africa ⓘ
usedIn	primary education in parts of Niger ⓘ radio broadcasting in Niger ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction

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# Requirements
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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.

Input

Subject: Zarma language
Description of subject: The Zarma language is a widely spoken Nilo-Saharan language of West Africa, primarily used in Niger and neighboring countries, and serves as a major lingua franca in the region.