Koyraboro Senni

Spoken in

  • Nilo-Saharan languages Songhai languages Southern Songhai Koyra Senni

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Koyra Senni (also Eastern Songhay, Koyraboro Senni or Koroboro Senni ) is an in Mali - there especially in Gao - of about 400,000 people (as of 2007, and rising) spoken southern Songhai language.

Literally translated means " koyra - boro senn -i" " language of urban residents " as opposed to nomads (such as the Tuareg ) or other non- sedentary ethnic groups.

Koyra Senni is a national language which has spread west to the Fulbe in the malian - Niger border and east to the Bozo. East of Timbuktu Koyra Senni will be replaced relatively abruptly from Koyra Chiini (or Western Songhay ).

Bibliography

  • Jeffrey Heath: Grammar of Koyraboro ( Koroboro ) Senni, the Songhay of Gao. Rudiger Koppe Verlag, Cologne 1999 ISBN 978-3-89645-106-4
Language family Songhay languages Koyra Chiini language
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