Northern Songhay
E618290
Northern Songhay is a subgroup of the Songhay languages spoken in the Sahara, characterized by significant contact influence from Berber and Arabic.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Songhay language variety
ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | genetic subgroup of Songhay debated ⓘ |
| contrastWith | Southern Songhay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentationStatus | underdescribed ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Algeria
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Libya NERFINISHED ⓘ Mali NERFINISHED ⓘ Niger NERFINISHED ⓘ Sahara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Northern Songhai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasContactInfluenceFrom |
Arabic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Berber languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMemberLanguage |
Korandje
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tabarog NERFINISHED ⓘ Tagdal NERFINISHED ⓘ Tasawaq NERFINISHED ⓘ Tihishit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMorphosyntacticInfluenceFrom |
Arabic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Berber languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom | Berber languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubstrate | Songhay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSuperstrate |
Arabic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Berber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isEndangered | true ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Nilo-Saharan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticArea | Saharan Sprachbund NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableLanguageContact |
Algerian Arabic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hassaniya Arabic NERFINISHED ⓘ Tuareg Berber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Aïr Mountains
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gao region NERFINISHED ⓘ In-Gall NERFINISHED ⓘ Tabelbala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchField |
African linguistics
ⓘ
contact linguistics ⓘ language typology ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Songhay people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subgroupOf | Songhay languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
strong lexical borrowing from Arabic
ⓘ
strong lexical borrowing from Berber ⓘ structural influence from Arabic ⓘ structural influence from Berber ⓘ |
| wordOrder | predominantly SVO ⓘ |
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