Goundam dialect of Koyra Chiini
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The Goundam dialect of Koyra Chiini is a regional variety of the Songhay language spoken around the town of Goundam in northern Mali, distinguished by its local phonological and lexical features.
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dialect
ⓘ
regional variety of Koyra Chiini ⓘ variety of the Songhay language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Timbuktu dialect of Koyra Chiini ⓘ |
| country | Mali ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
local lexical features
ⓘ
local phonological features ⓘ |
| hasLexicon | dialect-specific vocabulary items ⓘ |
| hasPhonology | distinct segmental features compared to other Koyra Chiini dialects ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | khq (macrolanguage Koyra Chiini) ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Northern Songhay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Songhay languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageStatus | minority language variety in Mali ⓘ |
| overlapsWith | Timbuktu urban speech community ⓘ |
| partOf | Koyra Chiini language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionType | Sahel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Goundam
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tombouctou Region NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Mali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | Songhay ethnic groups around Goundam ⓘ |
| usedIn |
everyday oral communication
ⓘ
informal education and storytelling ⓘ local trade and markets ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Arabic script
ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.