Tondi Songway Kiini (TSK)

E602350

Nilo-Saharan language Songhay language language variety

Tondi Songway Kiini (TSK) is a Songhay language variety spoken in parts of Mali, notable for its distinct phonological and grammatical features within the Songhay language family.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Tondi Songway Kiini	0

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nilo-Saharan language ⓘ Songhay language ⓘ language variety ⓘ
alternativeName	TSK NERFINISHED ⓘ Tondi Songway NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasApproximateSpeakers	several thousand ⓘ
hasDocumentation	descriptive grammar by Jeffrey Heath ⓘ lexicon compiled by Jeffrey Heath ⓘ
hasDomain	African linguistics ⓘ linguistic typology studies ⓘ
hasEndangermentStatus	vulnerable ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup	Songhay people NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeature	clause-final tense–aspect–mood markers ⓘ focus marking particles ⓘ postposed definite markers ⓘ serial verb constructions ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature	agglutinative morphology ⓘ distinct grammar within Songhay ⓘ distinct phonology within Songhay ⓘ noun pluralization with suffixes ⓘ postpositions instead of prepositions ⓘ pronominal clitics ⓘ rich aspectual system ⓘ subject–object–verb word order ⓘ tone language ⓘ
hasNeighboringLanguages	Fulfulde (in Mali) ⓘ Humburi Senni NERFINISHED ⓘ Tadaksahak NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	consonant length (gemination) ⓘ contrastive tone ⓘ vowel length distinctions ⓘ
hasResearcher	Jeffrey Heath NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasStandardizationStatus	lacks official standard orthography ⓘ
hasStatus	minority language in Mali ⓘ
hasUsageType	primarily spoken language ⓘ
hasWritingSystem	Latin script (for linguistic description) ⓘ
isNotMutuallyIntelligibleWith	Standard Songhay (Gao Songhay) NERFINISHED ⓘ Zarma NERFINISHED ⓘ
isPartOf	Songhay dialect continuum NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageCodeISO639-3	tst ⓘ
languageFamily	Songhay languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenInCountry	Mali NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenInRegion	Hombori area NERFINISHED ⓘ Tondi Songway region NERFINISHED ⓘ central Mali NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBy	rural communities in central Mali ⓘ
usedFor	everyday oral communication ⓘ

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

Tondi Songway Kiini language → hasAlternativeName → Tondi Songway Kiini (TSK) ⓘ

subject surface form: Tondi Songway Kiini