Humburi Senni Songhay

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Humburi Senni Songhay is a Songhay language variety spoken primarily in parts of Mali along the Niger River.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nilo-Saharan language
Songhay language variety
language
belongsTo Mande and Songhay contact zone
continent Africa
country Mali
geographicFocus Hombori area of Mali NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Hombori Songhay NERFINISHED
Humburi Senni NERFINISHED
hasContactInfluence Mande languages
Tuareg (Tamasheq) NERFINISHED
hasDialects local village varieties
hasMorphologicalType mostly analytic
hasPhonologicalFeature tonal contrasts
hasSuperstrateInfluence Arabic (loanwords)
isDistinctFrom Koyra Chiini Songhay NERFINISHED
Koyraboro Senni Songhay NERFINISHED
Zarma Songhay NERFINISHED
ISO639-3Code hmb
isPartOf Southern Songhay NERFINISHED
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan (proposed)
Songhay NERFINISHED
linguisticArea Sahel NERFINISHED
macroLanguage Songhay NERFINISHED
neighboringVariety Gao Songhay NERFINISHED
Timbuktu Songhay
primaryUsage oral communication
region eastern Mali NERFINISHED
spokenAlong Niger River NERFINISHED
spokenIn Mali NERFINISHED
status regional language
subfamilyOf Songhay languages NERFINISHED
subjectVerbObjectOrder SVO
usedBy Songhay ethnic groups NERFINISHED
rural communities along the Niger River in Mali
usedIn daily interpersonal communication
local trade
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Humburi Senni language alternateName Humburi Senni Songhay