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The Songhay, Songhai or Ayneha languages (, or ) 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.
Dictionary of Humburi Senni, a Songhay language spoken in Hombori, Mali, with French and English translations of lexical items and with grammatical comments in English. See also Heath, Grammar of Humburi Senni (Songhay of Hombori, Mali).
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This dictionary is a companion for Grammar of Humburi Senni and for the forthcoming Humburi Senni Texts , all to be published electronically in open format by the Language Description Heritage library and on the author’s personal site at University of Michigan.
Zarma ( Zarma Ciine/Sanni; Ajami: زَرْمَ ݘِينٜ / زَرْمَ سَنِّ) is one of the Songhay languages. It is the leading indigenous language of the southwestern lobe of the West African nation of Niger, where the Niger River flows and the capital city, Niamey, is located.
The Songhai people (autonym: Ayneha) are an ethnolinguistic group in West Africa who speak the various Songhai languages. Their history and lingua franca is linked to the Songhai Empire which dominated the western Sahel in the 15th and 16th century.
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Tondi Songway Kiini (Songhay, Mali): Reference Grammar and TSK–English–French Dictionary. Author. Jeffrey Heath. Keywords. CSLI Publications, Stanford Monographs in African Languages. Created Date. 6/25/2015 1:53:39 PM.
