Koyraboro Senni language
E610424
The Koyraboro Senni language is a Songhay language spoken primarily along the Niger River in Mali, notably around the city of Gao.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Koyraboro Senni | 1 |
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Songhay language
ⓘ
language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Koyra Senni
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Koyraboro Senni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Koyra Chiini language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Songhay proper NERFINISHED ⓘ Zarma language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Mali ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Koyraboro people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | koyr1240 ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Gao dialect
ⓘ
Timbuktu-area varieties ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
analytic morphology
ⓘ
postposed definite markers ⓘ tonal language ⓘ use of preverbal particles for tense-aspect-mood ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
tone used for lexical and grammatical distinctions ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Arabic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bambara ⓘ Tamasheq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | ses ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Songhay languages ⓘ |
| linguisticClassification | Nilo-Saharan (proposed) ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguages |
Hassaniya Arabic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Koyra Chiini language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tamasheq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryWordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| region |
Gao Region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
eastern Mali ⓘ |
| spokenAlong | Niger River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenAround | Gao NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Songhay peoples of Gao area ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Mali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | regional language in Mali ⓘ |
| usedAs | lingua franca in parts of eastern Mali ⓘ |
| usedIn | trade along the Niger River in eastern Mali ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Arabic script
ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Koyraboro Senni