Western Songhay of Timbuktu
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Western Songhay of Timbuktu is a variety of the Songhay language spoken around Timbuktu in Mali, known locally as Koyra Chiini.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Songhay language variety
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language variety ⓘ |
| country | Mali ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| glottologCode | koyr1240 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Koyra Chiini Songhay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Koyra Chiini
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Koyra Chiini Songhay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCenter |
Timbuktu
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towns along the Niger River near Timbuktu ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Diré dialect
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Goundam dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Timbuktu dialect ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | khq ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
SVO basic word order
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contact features with Hassaniya Arabic ⓘ contact features with Tuareg languages ⓘ strong influence from Arabic vocabulary ⓘ tonal language ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature | use of postpositions ⓘ |
| hasName |
Koyra Chiini
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Western Songhay of Timbuktu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
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tonal distinctions ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | subject–verb–object constituent order ⓘ |
| isDistinctFrom |
Eastern Songhay
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Kaado Songhay NERFINISHED ⓘ Zarma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSpokenBy |
Songhay people
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surrounding communities along the Niger River near Timbuktu ⓘ urban populations of Timbuktu ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Nilo-Saharan languages
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Songhay languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Timbuktu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | West Africa ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Mali
NERFINISHED
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Timbuktu NERFINISHED ⓘ Tombouctou Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Songhay languages
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Western Songhay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
everyday communication in Timbuktu
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local trade along the Niger River near Timbuktu ⓘ oral tradition and storytelling in Timbuktu region ⓘ |
| usedIn | local Islamic education in Timbuktu region ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Arabic script
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Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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