Songhay languages

E29015
Nilo-Saharan language language family

The Songhay languages are a group of closely related Nilo-Saharan languages spoken primarily along the Niger River in Mali, Niger, and neighboring West African countries.

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All labels observed (14)

Label Occurrences
Songhay languages canonical 15
Songhai languages 10
Songhay 4

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nilo-Saharan language ⓘ
language family ⓘ
ethnicGroup Songhai people ⓘ
geneticAffiliation possibly related to Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
glottologCode song1307 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Songhay languages ⓘ
surface form: Songhai languages

Songhay languages ⓘ
surface form: Songhayic languages
hasDialectContinuum Songhay dialect continuum ⓘ
hasPart Djenné Chiini language ⓘ
Djerma language ⓘ
Humburi Senni language ⓘ
Kaado language ⓘ
Korandje language ⓘ
Koyra Chiini language ⓘ
Songhay languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Koyraboro Senni language

Tadaksahak language ⓘ
Tondi Songway Kiini language ⓘ
Songhay languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Zarma language
historicalCenter Songhai Empire ⓘ
iso639FamilyCode son ⓘ
languageFamilyStatus controversial classification ⓘ
majorVariety Koyra Chiini language ⓘ
Songhay languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Koyraboro Senni language

Zarma language ⓘ
neighboringLanguages Bambara ⓘ
surface form: Bambara language

Fulfulde ⓘ
surface form: Fulfulde language

Hausa ⓘ
surface form: Hausa language

Berber languages ⓘ
surface form: Tuareg languages
region Sahara Desert ⓘ
surface form: Sahara

Sahel ⓘ
surface form: Western Sahel
spokenIn Algeria ⓘ
Benin ⓘ
Burkina Faso ⓘ
Gao ⓘ
Mali ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
Niger River region ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
Sahel ⓘ
Timbuktu ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
subclassOf African languages ⓘ
Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
typologicalFeature SVO basic word order ⓘ
agglutinative morphology ⓘ
tone languages ⓘ
usedAs lingua franca in parts of Niger River valley ⓘ
writingSystem Arabic script ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (44)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

West African languages → includesFamily → Songhay languages ⓘ
Nilo-Saharan languages → hasSubfamily → Songhay languages ⓘ
Nilo-Saharan languages → includesLanguage → Songhay languages ⓘ
Sahel → languageDiversity → Songhay languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Songhai languages
Songhay languages → hasPart → Songhay languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zarma language
Songhay languages → hasPart → Songhay languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Koyraboro Senni language
Songhay languages → majorVariety → Songhay languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Koyraboro Senni language
Songhay languages → hasAlternativeName → Songhay languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Songhai languages
Songhay languages → hasAlternativeName → Songhay languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Songhayic languages
Nilo-Saharian → hasSubgroup → Songhay languages ⓘ
Nilo-Saharian → includesLanguage → Songhay languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Songhay
Nilo-Saharian phylum → hasSubfamily → Songhay languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Nilo-Saharan phylum
Nilo-Saharian phylum → includesLanguage → Songhay languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Nilo-Saharan phylum
this entity surface form: Songhay language
Songhai Empire → language → Songhay languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Songhai languages
Songhai people → language → Songhay languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Songhai languages
Timbuktu Region → languageUsed → Songhay languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Songhai languages
Timbuktu → languageSpoken → Songhay languages ⓘ
Gao → language → Songhay languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Songhai languages
Koyra Chiini language → languageFamily → Songhay languages ⓘ
Humburi Senni language → subclassOf → Songhay languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Songhay languages
Humburi Senni language → family → Songhay languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Songhay language family
Tondi Songway Kiini language → subclassOf → Songhay languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Tondi Songway Kiini
Tondi Songway Kiini language → languageFamily → Songhay languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Tondi Songway Kiini
Djenné Chiini language → subclassOf → Songhay languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Songhay languages
Djenné Chiini language → partOf → Songhay languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Songhay language cluster
Djenné Chiini language → languageFamily → Songhay languages ⓘ
Direction Nationale des Langues Nationales du Mali → worksOnLanguage → Songhay languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Songhay
Korandje language → subfamily → Songhay languages ⓘ
Tadaksahak language → languageFamily → Songhay languages ⓘ
Tadaksahak language → subgroupOf → Songhay languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Songhay languages
Tadaksahak language → lexifierInfluence → Songhay languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Songhay
Zarma language → languageFamily → Songhay languages ⓘ
Zarma language → closelyRelatedTo → Songhay languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Songhay language
Kaado language → subfamilyOf → Songhay languages ⓘ
Kaado language → partOf → Songhay languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Songhay language family
Kaado language → languageFamily → Songhay languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Songhay
Kaado language → relatedTo → Songhay languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Songhay proper
Kaado language → belongsTo → Songhay languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Songhay dialect continuum
West Africans → speaksLanguage → Songhay languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Songhai languages
Ajami → usedToWriteLanguage → Songhay languages ⓘ
Sunni Ali → languageContext → Songhay languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Songhai languages
Askia dynasty → languageOfCourt → Songhay languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Songhai language
Ansongo → languageSpoken → Songhay languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Songhai languages
Ménaka → languageUsed → Songhay languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Songhai languages