Koyra Chiini Songhay

E602343

Koyra Chiini Songhay is a variety of the Songhay language spoken primarily along the Niger River in Mali, notably around Timbuktu.

All labels observed (4)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Songhay language variety ⓘ
language variety ⓘ
alternativeName Koyra Chiini ⓘ
Koyra Chiini Songhai ⓘ
linked to: Northern Songhay
closelyRelatedTo Koyraboro Senni ⓘ
country Mali ⓘ
glottocode koyr1240 ⓘ
hasConsonantInventoryFeature emphatic consonants ⓘ
hasDialect Diré Koyra Chiini ⓘ
linked to: Koyra Chiini

Goundam Koyra Chiini ⓘ
Timbuktu Koyra Chiini ⓘ
hasLoanwordsFrom Arabic ⓘ
French ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType analytic ⓘ
isolating ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length ⓘ
tonal language ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticFeature bilingualism with Arabic ⓘ
bilingualism with French ⓘ
hasSpeakerCommunity Diré ⓘ
Goundam ⓘ
Timbuktu ⓘ
hasStandardizedOrthography yes ⓘ
hasStatus regional language in Mali ⓘ
hasVowelInventoryFeature seven-vowel system (in many descriptions) ⓘ
influencedBy Arabic ⓘ
Bambara ⓘ
Tamasheq ⓘ
ISO639-3Code khq ⓘ
languageFamily Songhay ⓘ
lexicalSimilarityWith Koyraboro Senni ⓘ
primaryWordOrder SVO ⓘ
region Timbuktu Region ⓘ
spokenAlong Niger River ⓘ
spokenAround Timbuktu ⓘ
spokenIn Mali ⓘ
subclassOf Nilo-Saharan language ⓘ
Songhay language ⓘ
linked to: Songhay languages
usedAs lingua franca in Timbuktu area ⓘ
usedFor oral literature in Timbuktu region ⓘ
usedIn Islamic religious contexts in Timbuktu ⓘ
local trade along the Niger River ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Koyra Chiini language → glottologName → Koyra Chiini Songhay ⓘ
Tondi Songway Kiini → hasAlternativeName → Tondi Songway Kiini Songhay ⓘ
subject linked to: Tondi Songway Kiini language
linked to: Koyra Chiini Songhay
Koyra Chiini → alternateName → Koyra Chiini Songhay ⓘ
Koyra Chiini → alternateName → Western Songhay (Koyra Chiini variety) ⓘ
linked to: Koyra Chiini Songhay
Western Songhay of Timbuktu → hasAlternativeName → Koyra Chiini Songhay ⓘ
Western Songhay of Timbuktu → glottologName → Koyra Chiini Songhay ⓘ
Koyra Chiini → alternateName → Koyra Chiini Songhay ⓘ
subject linked to: Koyra Chiini (khq)
Humburi Senni Songhay → isDistinctFrom → Koyra Chiini Songhay ⓘ
Djenné Songhay → hasNeighboringVariety → Timbuktu Songhay ⓘ
linked to: Koyra Chiini Songhay