Korandje
Korandje / Dandawa | ||
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Spoken in |
Algeria | |
speaker | around 8000 | |
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Language codes | ||
ISO 639 -1 |
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ISO 639 -2 |
ssa |
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ISO 639-3 |
Korandje (also Dandawa ) is a northern Songhai language spoken in Algeria .
It is used by the approximately 8,000 inhabitants of the Tabelbala oasis between Bechar and Tindouf . It is most closely related to the Tasawaq spoken in Niger - also by sedentary people .
Korandje is heavily influenced by Arabic and Berber . Only around 40% of the vocabulary is songhai, around 30% each are Arabic and Berber.