Dendi language

Dendi
Dandawa
Region northern Benin
Native speakers
 257,050 (2000-2016)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 ddn
Glottolog dend1243[2]
Location of Songhay languages[3]

Northwest Songhay:

  Korandje
  Koyra Chiini
  Tadaksahak
  Tasawaq
  Tagdal

Eastern Songhay:

  Tondi Songway Kiini
  Humburi Senni
  Koyraboro Senni
  Zarma language
  Dendi

Dendi is a Songhay language used as a trade language across northern Benin (along the Niger River; Donga and Alibori provinces, e.g. Djougou, Kandi). It forms a dialect cluster with Zarma and Songhai proper but is heavily influenced by Bariba.

Dendi has been described as a four-tone language.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Dendi". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
  2. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Dendi (Benin)". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. ↑ This map is based on classification from Glottolog and data from Ethnologue.
  4. ↑ Joe Salmons, Accentual change and language contact: Comparative survey and a case study of early Northern Europe
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