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Songhay language
Songhoyboro Ciine or Songhay Ciiné (
[soŋoj-boro-tʃiːné] or
[soŋaj-tʃiːné] ) is an upriver dialect of the
southern Songhay dialect of Niger.
[3] It is spoken mostly in the northwestern corner of Niger's
Tillaberi region , an area known as
Songhay :
[4] from
Gorouol , a border town with
Mali , down to the towns of
Tera ,
Anzourou , Namari Goungou and
Say .
Due to the high mutual intelligibility with the prestige dialect of Zarma in Niamey, it is common for Songhoyboro Ciine speakers to use the words "Zarma" and "Songhay" interchangeably when referring to their language.
[5]
[6]
[7]
[8] Songhoyboro Ciine is not, however, intelligible with
Koyraboro Senni Songhai dialect of
Gao in Mali.
[9] Some use the
Peulh word "kado" (meaning; "stranger")
[10] to address this dialect although many of the dialect speakers consider it pejorative.
[11]
References
^
Niger , retrieved 2021-03-12
^ This map is based on classification from Glottolog and data from Ethnologue.
^ Seydou Hanafiou, Hamidou. 1995. Eléments de description du kaado d'Ayorou-Goungokore (parler songhay du Niger) . (Doctoral dissertation, Université Stendhal (Grenoble 3); 437pp.)
^ Idrissa, Abdourahmane; Decalo, Samuel (2012),
Historical Dictionary of Niger by Abdourahmane Idrissa, Samuel Decalo , p. 414 "Soney",
ISBN
9780810870901 , retrieved 2021-03-17
^
Southern Songhay Speech Varieties In Niger:A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Zarma, Songhay, Kurtey, Wogo, and Dendi Peoples of Niger (PDF) , Byron & Annette Harrison and Michael J. Rueck Summer Institute of Linguistics B.P. 10151, Niamey, Niger Republic, 1997, retrieved 2021-02-23
^ Iddrissa, Abdourahmane (June 2012),
History Dictionary of Niger ,
ISBN
9780810860940 , retrieved 2021-02-28
^
Zarma, a Songhai language , retrieved 2021-02-23
^ Idrissa, Rahmane; Idrissa, Abdourahmane; Decalo, Samuel (June 2012),
Historical Dictionary of Niger By Rahmane Idrissa, Abdourahmane Idrissa and Samuel ,
ISBN
9780810860940 , retrieved 2021-03-11
^ Mounkaila, Fatimata (2008),
Anthologie de la littérature orale songhay-zarma. Saveurs Sahéliennes , retrieved 2021-03-11
^ Olivier de Sardan, Jean-Pierre (2000),
Unité et diversité de l'ensemble songhay-zarma-dendi
^
Southern Songhay Speech Varieties In Niger:A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Zarma, Songhay, Kurtey, Wogo, and Dendi Peoples of Niger (PDF) , Byron & Annette Harrison and Michael J. Rueck Summer Institute of Linguistics B.P. 10151, Niamey, Niger Republic, Page 2, 1997, retrieved 2021-02-23
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