Tondi Songway Kiini
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Tondi Songway Kiini is a Songhay language variety spoken in Mali, known for its distinct phonological and grammatical features within the Songhay language family.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Songhay language
ⓘ
language variety ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Nilo-Saharan (proposed) language phylum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Humburi Senni
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Koyra Chiini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Mali ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| glottocode | tond1249 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Tondi Songway
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tondi Songway Kiine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDomainOfUse |
everyday oral communication
ⓘ
local trade ⓘ oral tradition and storytelling ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
limited inflectional morphology
ⓘ
numeral classifiers absent ⓘ plural marking with particles or clitics ⓘ possessive constructions with possessive markers ⓘ postpositions ⓘ serial verb constructions ⓘ subject–verb–object basic order ⓘ use of particles for tense-aspect-mood ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticType |
SVO word order
ⓘ
analytic language ⓘ tonal language ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
derivational morphology for verb valency changes
ⓘ
use of clitics for grammatical relations ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
consonant length distinctions
ⓘ
contrastive tone ⓘ syllable structure predominantly CV ⓘ tonal distinctions used lexically and grammatically ⓘ vowel length distinctions ⓘ |
| hasResearchOn |
morphosyntax
ⓘ
phonology ⓘ tone system ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| ISO639-3Code | tst ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Songhay macrolanguage continuum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Songhay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticArea | Sahel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notWidelyUsedIn |
formal education
ⓘ
national mass media ⓘ |
| region |
Bendugu area of Mali
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
central Mali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Mali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | Songhay ethnic groups in Mali ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Tondi Songway Kiini