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The Songhay, Songhai or Ayneha [3] [4] languages ( [sõʁaj], [soŋaj] or [soŋoj]) 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.
- Southern Songhay languages
Zarma (Djerma, Zabarma), the most widely spoken Songhay...
- Northern Songhay languages
Subdivisions. Tadaksahak. Tagdal (Tagdal, Tabarog) Tasawaq....
- Southern Songhay languages
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. Predominantly adherents of Islam, the Songhai are primarily located in Niger and Mali within ...
- 406,000 (2.9%)
- 5,106,423 (21.2%)
- 1,984,114 (5.9%)
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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. Zarma is the second-most common language in the country ...
- 4.2 million (2019)
- Southwestern Niger
Songhai languages, group of closely related languages generally assumed to constitute the primary branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family. The Songhai languages are spoken mainly along the Niger River, from Djenné and Timbuktu in Mali eastward as far as Benin, with extensions into adjacent countries. At least six varieties are usually ...
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 ...
