Koyra Chiini Songhay

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

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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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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