Koyra Chiini
| Koyra Chiini | ||
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Spoken in |
Mali | |
| speaker | > 200,000 | |
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| ISO 639 -1 |
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| ISO 639 -2 |
ssa |
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| ISO 639-3 | ||
Koyra Chiini (koyra ʧiini, literally “city language”; also West Songhay ) is one in Mali (there in Timbuktu and up the Niger River in Diré , Tonka , Goundam and Niafunké and in the Saharan city of Araouane ) of around 200,000 people (As of 1999, tendency rising) spoken Songhai language .
East of Timbuktu , Koyra Chiini is replaced relatively abruptly by Koyra Senni (or East 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