Global Information Lookup Global Information

Dendi language information


Dendi
Dandawa
Native toBenin, Niger, Nigeria
RegionWest Africa
Native speakers
440,000 (2000-2021)[1]
Language family
Nilo-Saharan?
  • Songhay
    • Southern
      • Dendi
Writing system
Latin
Official status
Recognised minority
language in
Dendi language Benin
Language codes
ISO 639-3ddn
Glottologdend1243
Location of Songhay languages[2]

Northwest Songhay:

  Korandje
  Koyra Chiini
  Tadaksahak
  Tasawaq
  Tagdal

Eastern Songhay:

  Tondi Songway Kiini
  Humburi Senni
  Koyraboro Senni
  Zarma language
  Songhoyboro Ciine
  Dendi

Dendi is a Songhay language used as a trade language across northern Benin (along the Niger River. It forms a dialect cluster with Zarma and Koyraboro Senni but it is heavily influenced by Bariba.

Dendi has been described as a four-tone language.[3]

  1. ^ Dendi at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Closed access icon
  2. ^ This map is based on classification from Glottolog and data from Ethnologue.
  3. ^ Joe Salmons, Accentual change and language contact: Comparative survey and a case study of early Northern Europe

and 25 Related for: Dendi language information

Request time (Page generated in 0.8212 seconds.)

Dendi language

Last Update:

Dendi is a Songhay language used as a trade language across northern Benin (along the Niger River. It forms a dialect cluster with Zarma and Koyraboro...

Word Count : 279

Dendi

Last Update:

Ethiopia; Dendi people is one of the ethnic groups living in Benin and Niger; Dendi language (one of the Songhay languages) is spoken by this people. Dendi (gamer)...

Word Count : 99

Ngbandi language

Last Update:

Ngbandi at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Yakoma at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Dendi at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Mbangi at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Gbayi...

Word Count : 395

Dendi people

Last Update:

They are part of the Songhai people. Derived from the Songhay language, the term "Dendi" translates to "down the river." The community consists of 195...

Word Count : 614

List of official languages

Last Update:

Venda, Xhosa, Zulu) Aja-Gbe: Benin (a national language along with Anii, Bariba, Biali, Boko, Dendi, Fon-Gbe, Foodo, Fula, Gen-Gbe, Lukpa, Mbelime, Nateni...

Word Count : 8841

Languages of Nigeria

Last Update:

Jigawa, and Bauchi states Teda in northern Nigeria Songhai languages: Zarma (Zabarma) and Dendi in Kebbi State, Zamfara State, Sokoto State, Niger State...

Word Count : 2719

Languages of Benin

Last Update:

Littoral, Collines and Zou Departments. Other important languages are Yoruba, Bariba, Mina, Dendi, Mokole and Yom. Benin implemented a National Literacy...

Word Count : 1247

Songhay languages

Last Update:

Ciine, Zarma, and Dendi have high mutual intelligibility within Niger. For linguists, a major point of interest in the Songhay languages has been the difficulty...

Word Count : 1836

Kyenga language

Last Update:

Kenga), is a Mande language of Nigeria and Benin. Usage is declining, and the Kyenga are shifting to Hausa in Nigeria and Dendi in Benin. Kyenga at Ethnologue...

Word Count : 59

Wagasi

Last Update:

wagasi in the Zarma-Songhai and Dendi languages, amo in the Fon language, wara in Nagot language and gasaru in Bariba language. The French also call it fromage...

Word Count : 345

Southern Songhay languages

Last Update:

The languages are, approximately from upstream to downstream: Koyra Chiini Humburi Senni Tondi Kiini Koyraboro Senni Songhoyboro Ciine Zarma Dendi The...

Word Count : 418

Bariba language

Last Update:

Bariba, also known as Baatonum, is the language of the Bariba people and was the language of the state of Borgu. The native speakers are called Baatombu...

Word Count : 666

Koyra Chiini language

Last Update:

Chiini ([kojra tʃiːni], figuratively "town language"), or Western Songhay, is a member of the Songhay languages spoken in Mali by about 200,000 people (in...

Word Count : 424

Dendi Santoso

Last Update:

Dendi Santoso (born in Malang, East Java, 16 May 1990) is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga 1 club Arema. He made his...

Word Count : 261

Songhai Empire

Last Update:

dynasty Sonni dynasty Askiya dynasty Saadi dynasty Mali Empire Dendi Kingdom Songhai languages Songhai country Songhaiborai Bethwell A. Ogot, Africa from...

Word Count : 4632

Askia Muhammad I

Last Update:

province of dendi, where they held the position of Dendi Fari and their role was decisive in stopping the advance Moroccan in the dendi with generals...

Word Count : 3943

Boko language

Last Update:

Bokobaru. Boko speakers also speak Busa, Bariba, Dendi, Hausa, Yoruba, Fulfulde, French, and English. Boko language has 25 letters (Aa, Bb, Dd, Ee, Ɛɛ, Ff, Gg...

Word Count : 281

Dendy Sulistyawan

Last Update:

perselafootball.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 11 May 2016. Liputan6.com. "Dzumafo-Dendi Gemilang, Persela Hajar Barito". liputan6.com. Retrieved 2018-11-01.{{cite...

Word Count : 1735

Zarma language

Last Update:

زَرْمَ ݘِينٜ / زَرْمَ سَنِّ) is one of the Songhay languages. It is the leading indigenous language of the southwestern lobe of the West African nation...

Word Count : 2187

Tagdal language

Last Update:

Tagdalt) is a mixed Northern Songhay language of central Niger. Ethnologue considers it a "mixed Berber–Songhay language", while other researchers consider...

Word Count : 485

Clotardo Dendi

Last Update:

Clotardo Dendi (born 26 May 1906, date of death unknown) was a Paraguayan and naturalized Uruguayan association football forward who played for clubs...

Word Count : 69

Tasawaq language

Last Update:

name: Tesăwăq), sometimes also called Ingelshi, is a Northern Songhay language spoken by the Issawaghan or Ingalkoyyu, a community surrounding the town...

Word Count : 170

The Liberation of Earth

Last Update:

discovered their language bears some resemblance to Bengali, humanity is able to talk to them. The aliens call themselves the "Dendi" and are a member...

Word Count : 704

Benin

Last Update:

Republic of Benin. The official language of Benin is French, with indigenous languages such as Fon, Bariba, Yoruba and Dendi also spoken. The largest religious...

Word Count : 9070

Songhoyboro Ciine

Last Update:

songhay-zarma-dendi Southern Songhay Speech Varieties In Niger:A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Zarma, Songhay, Kurtey, Wogo, and Dendi Peoples of Niger...

Word Count : 357

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net