Koyra Chiini language
Spoken in
- Nilo-Saharan languages Songhai languages Southern Songhai Koyra Chiini
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Ssa
KHQ
Koyra Chiini ( koyra ʧiini, literally " city language"; well as Western Songhay ) is an in Mali ( there in Timbuktu and the Niger River upstream in Diré, Tonka, Goundam and Niafunké and in the Saharan town Araouane ) of approximately 200,000 people (1999 and growing ) spoken Songhai language.
East of Timbuktu Koyra Chiini will be replaced relatively abruptly from Koyra Senni ( or Eastern Songhay ).
Bibliography
- Jeffrey Heath: A Grammar of Koyra Chiini, the Songhay of Timbuktu. Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin - New York 1998 ISBN 3-11-016285-7.