Songhoyboro Ciine or Songhay Ciiné ([soŋoj-boro-tʃiːné] or [soŋaj-tʃiːné]) is an upriver dialect of the southern Songhay dialect of Niger.[3] It is spoken mostly in the northwestern corner of Niger's Tillaberi region, an area known as Songhay:[4] from Gorouol, a border town with Mali, down to the towns of Tera, Anzourou, Namari Goungou and Say.
| Songhoyboro Ciine | |
|---|---|
| Region | Niger (Songhai) |
| Ethnicity | Songhay |
Native speakers | 946,000 (2014)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | kaad1238 |
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Due to the high mutual intelligibility with the prestige dialect of Zarma in Niamey, it is common for Songhoyboro Ciine speakers to use the words "Zarma" and "Songhay" interchangeably when referring to their language.[5][6][7][8] Songhoyboro Ciine is not, however, intelligible with Koyraboro Senni Songhai dialect of Gao in Mali.[9] Some use the Peulh word "kado" (meaning; "stranger")[10] to address this dialect although many of the dialect speakers consider it pejorative.[11]
References
edit- ^ Niger, retrieved 2021-03-12
- ^ This map is based on classification from Glottolog and data from Ethnologue.
- ^ Seydou Hanafiou, Hamidou. 1995. Eléments de description du kaado d'Ayorou-Goungokore (parler songhay du Niger). (Doctoral dissertation, Université Stendhal (Grenoble 3); 437pp.)
- ^ Idrissa, Abdourahmane; Decalo, Samuel (2012), Historical Dictionary of Niger by Abdourahmane Idrissa, Samuel Decalo, Scarecrow Press, p. 414 "Soney", ISBN 9780810870901, retrieved 2021-03-17
- ^ Southern Songhay Speech Varieties In Niger:A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Zarma, Songhay, Kurtey, Wogo, and Dendi Peoples of Niger (PDF), Byron & Annette Harrison and Michael J. Rueck Summer Institute of Linguistics B.P. 10151, Niamey, Niger Republic, 1997, retrieved 2021-02-23
- ^ Iddrissa, Abdourahmane (June 2012), History Dictionary of Niger, Scarecrow Press, ISBN 9780810860940, retrieved 2021-02-28
- ^ Zarma, a Songhai language, retrieved 2021-02-23
- ^ Idrissa, Rahmane; Idrissa, Abdourahmane; Decalo, Samuel (June 2012), Historical Dictionary of Niger By Rahmane Idrissa, Abdourahmane Idrissa and Samuel, Scarecrow Press, ISBN 9780810860940, retrieved 2021-03-11
- ^ Mounkaila, Fatimata (2008), "Anthologie de la littérature orale songhay-zarma. Saveurs Sahéliennes", Journal des Africanistes (79–1): 318–319, doi:10.4000/africanistes.2965, retrieved 2021-03-11
- ^ Olivier de Sardan, Jean-Pierre (2000), Unité et diversité de l'ensemble songhay-zarma-dendi
- ^ Southern Songhay Speech Varieties In Niger:A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Zarma, Songhay, Kurtey, Wogo, and Dendi Peoples of Niger (PDF), Byron & Annette Harrison and Michael J. Rueck Summer Institute of Linguistics B.P. 10151, Niamey, Niger Republic, Page 2, 1997, retrieved 2021-02-23