Songhay languages

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:language_family
gptkbp:cultural_significance gptkb:folklore
gptkb:traditional_music
gptkb:storytelling
proverbs
oral literature
gptkbp:has consonants
vowels
gptkbp:has_cognates gptkb:Tuareg_languages
gptkb:Mande_languages
gptkb:Berber_languages
gptkb:Kanuri_language
Fulani language
Hausa language
Songhay dialects
gptkbp:has_dialects Dendi Songhay
Koyra Chiini
Koyra Tondi
Tondi Songhay
gptkbp:has_features agglutinative
gptkbp:has_function SOV (Subject-Object-Verb) order
gptkbp:has_language loanwords from French
loanwords from English
loanwords from Arabic
loanwords from Hausa
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Songhay languages
gptkbp:includes gptkb:Dendi
Zarma
Songhay proper
gptkbp:is_part_of gptkb:Niger-Congo_languages
gptkbp:is_studied_in linguistics
sociolinguistics
anthropology
gptkbp:language gptkb:Son
tso
dnd
zrm
gptkbp:official_language gptkb:Mali
gptkb:Niger
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:Nilo-Saharan_languages
gptkbp:spoken_in gptkb:Benin
gptkb:Mali
gptkb:Niger
approximately 1 million speakers
gptkbp:system Arabic script
Latin script
gptkbp:wildlife in some regions
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Songhay
gptkb:Nilo-Saharan_languages
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6