Koyra Senni
| Koyra Senni / Koyraboro Senni | ||
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Spoken in |
Mali | |
| speaker | > 400,000 | |
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| ISO 639 -1 |
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| ISO 639 -2 |
ssa |
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| ISO 639-3 | ||
Koyra Senni (also East Songhay , Koyraboro Senni or Koroboro Senni ) is a southern Songhai language spoken by around 400,000 people in Mali - especially in Gao - (as of 2007, and the trend is rising) .
Literally translated, "koyra-boro senn-i" means "language of the city dwellers" in contrast to nomads (such as the Tuareg ) or other non-settled ethnic groups.
Koyra Senni is a supra-regional language that has spread to the west to the Fulbe on the Malian - Nigerien border and to the east to the Bozo . East of Timbuktu , Koyra Senni is relatively abruptly replaced by Koyra Chiini (or West Songhay ).
bibliography
- Jeffrey Heath : Grammar of Koyraboro (Koroboro) Senni, the Songhay of Gao. Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, Cologne 1999 ISBN 978-3-89645-106-4