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The Songhai Empire was a state located in the western part of the Sahel during the 15th and 16th centuries. At its peak, it was one of the largest African empires in history. The state is known by its historiographical name, derived from its largest ethnic group and ruling elite, the Songhai people. Sonni Ali established Gao as the empire's ...
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Askia Ishaq II, also known as Askia Isḥāq Zughrānī, was the...
- Pashalik of Timbuktu
The Pashalik of Timbuktu, also known as the Pashalik of...
- Askia Dynasty
The Askiya dynasty, also known as the Askia dynasty, ruled...
- Sonni Ali
Upon Sunni Ali's accession, the Songhay already controlled...
- Askia Ishaq II
History of research on the Songhay language. Although the study of ancient Arabic manuscripts reveals some writings in the Fulfulde (Fulani) and soŋay (Songhay) languages, the systematic analysis of soŋay did not begin until the end of the nineteenth century, at the beginning of the colonial period. Delafosse is interested in the geopolitics ...
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Subdivisions. Tadaksahak. Tagdal (Tagdal, Tabarog) Tasawaq. Korandje. Glottolog. nort2823. Northern Songhay is the smaller of the two branches of the Songhay languages. It is a group of heavily Berber -influenced dialects spoken in scattered oases of the Sahara .
The Songhay, Songhai or Ayneha languages are a group of closely related languages/dialects centred on the middle stretches of the Niger River in the West African countries of Mali, Niger, Benin, Burkina Faso and Nigeria. In particular, they are spoken in the cities of Timbuktu, Djenné, Niamey and Gao. They have been widely used as a lingua franca in that region ever since the era of the ...
Zarma (Djerma, Zabarma), the most widely spoken Songhay language, [3] is a major language of southwestern Niger (downriver from and south of Mali) including in the capital city, Niamey. (In 2009, an official Malian government population estimate for the Djerma people residing in Mali is 3,300,000.) Downriver from Zarma in the country of Benin ...
48.1 Introduction. Songhay is a language family of the West African Sahel region with more than four million speakers, distributed mainly in western Niger and northeastern Mali along the Niger river, but including outlying pockets scattered as far afield as Algeria, Ghana, and Sudan. In spite of this small population, Songhay’s role in ...
Songhai empire, or Songhay empire, Ancient Muslim state, West Africa. Centred on the middle Niger River in what is now central Mali, it eventually extended to the Atlantic coast and into Niger and Nigeria. Established by the Songhai people c. ad 800, it reached its greatest extent in the 16th century before falling to Moroccan forces in 1591.
