Dendi language
E607718
The Dendi language is a Songhay language spoken primarily along the Niger River in Benin, Niger, and Nigeria, serving as a regional lingua franca in trade and daily communication.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Songhay language
ⓘ
language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Songhay language (proper)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zarma language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | relatively vigorous (not currently severely endangered) ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Dandawa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dendi (Songhay) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
rural Dendi varieties
ⓘ
urban Dendi (e.g., in Malanville, Benin) ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | dend1244 ⓘ |
| hasISO6393Code | ddn ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
SOV basic word order (with variation)
ⓘ
postpositions rather than prepositions ⓘ use of aspectual auxiliaries ⓘ |
| hasNeighboringLanguages |
Bariba
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hausa NERFINISHED ⓘ Zarma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
tonal language ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| influencedBy |
Arabic (loanwords)
ⓘ
Bariba language NERFINISHED ⓘ French language (loanwords) ⓘ Hausa language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Nilo-Saharan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notOfficialLanguageOf |
Benin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Niger NERFINISHED ⓘ Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryEthnicGroup | Dendi people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
border areas of Nigeria
ⓘ
northern Benin ⓘ southwestern Niger ⓘ |
| spokenAlong | Niger River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | hundreds of thousands of speakers (approximate order of magnitude) ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Benin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Niger NERFINISHED ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Southern Songhay language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs | lingua franca ⓘ |
| usedAsL2By | neighboring ethnic groups in Benin ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication
ⓘ
trade ⓘ |
| usedInDomain |
informal education and religious instruction (locally)
ⓘ
local radio broadcasting (in parts of Benin and Niger) ⓘ market communication ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.