Proto-Songhay
E683690
Proto-Songhay is the reconstructed ancestral language from which the modern Songhay languages of West Africa are believed to have descended.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
proto-language
ⓘ
reconstructed language ⓘ |
| ancestralTo |
Djerma
ⓘ
Gao Songhay NERFINISHED ⓘ Humburi Senni NERFINISHED ⓘ Koyra Chiini NERFINISHED ⓘ Koyraboro Senni NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Songhay languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Songhay languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Songhay languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Tadaksahak NERFINISHED ⓘ Tasawaq NERFINISHED ⓘ Zarma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| evidenceType |
comparative reconstruction across Songhay varieties
ⓘ
internal reconstruction ⓘ |
| hasApproximateTimeDepth | several millennia before present (hypothesized) ⓘ |
| hasDescendantRegion |
Algeria
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Benin NERFINISHED ⓘ Burkina Faso NERFINISHED ⓘ Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ Mali NERFINISHED ⓘ Niger NERFINISHED ⓘ Niger River valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ Senegal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
basic vocabulary reconstruction
ⓘ
reconstructed consonant inventory ⓘ reconstructed vowel system ⓘ |
| hasReconstructionLevel | partial ⓘ |
| languageFamilyStatus | classification debated ⓘ |
| notDirectlyAttestedIn |
oral records
ⓘ
written sources ⓘ |
| reconstructedBy | comparative method ⓘ |
| reconstructedFrom | modern Songhay languages ⓘ |
| reconstructionBasedOn |
lexical cognates
ⓘ
morphological patterns ⓘ phonological correspondences ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Berber languages (contact influence)
ⓘ
Mande languages (contact influence) ⓘ Nilo-Saharan languages (hypothesized) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn | West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
African linguistics
ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Songhay languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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