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Koyraboro Senni (Koroboro Senni, Koyra Senni or Gao Senni) is a member of the Songhay languages of Mali and is spoken by some 400,000 people along the Niger River from the town of Gourma-Rharous, east of Timbuktu, through Bourem, Gao and Ansongo to the Mali–Niger border.

Koyraboro Senni
Native toMali
RegionEast of Timbuktu, Gao
Ethnicity(850,000 (2007?)[1])
Native speakers
430,000 (2007)[2]
300,000 monolingual (2007)[2]
Language family
Nilo-Saharan?
  • Songhay
    • Southern
      • Koyraboro Senni
Language codes
ISO 639-3ses
Glottologkoyr1242
Location of Songhay languages[3]

Northwest Songhay:

  Korandje
  Koyra Chiini
  Tadaksahak
  Tasawaq
  Tagdal

Eastern Songhay:

  Tondi Songway Kiini
  Humburi Senni
  Koyraboro Senni
  Zarma language
  Songhoyboro Ciine
  Dendi

The expression "koyra-boro senn-i" denotes "the language of the town dwellers", as opposed to nomads like the Tuareg people and other transhumant people.

Although Koyraboro Senni is associated with settled towns, it is a cosmopolitan language which has spread east and west of Gao, to the Fula people living at the Mali–Niger border and to the Bozo people of the Niger River. East of Timbuktu, Koyra Senni gives way relatively abruptly to the closely related Koyra Chiini.


Phonology



Consonants


Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive/
Affricate		 voiceless p[lower-alpha 1] t t͡ʃ k ʔ[lower-alpha 2]
voiced b d d͡ʒ ɡ
Fricative voiceless f s ʃ[lower-alpha 3] h
voiced z ʒ[lower-alpha 3]
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Lateral l
Trill r
Approximant w j
  1. /p/ is uncommon, occurring mainly from loanwords.
  2. /ʔ/ only occurs as a result of unassimilated Arabic words.
  3. [ʃ ʒ] only occur as a palatalization of fricatives /s z/ preceding front vowels /e i/.

Vowels


Front Central Back
Close i iː u uː
Mid e eː o oː
Open a aː

Nasalized realizations of vowel sounds may also occur, but they are rare among different dialects.


References




  1. Koyraboro Senni at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
  2. Koyraboro Senni at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  3. This map is based on classification from Glottolog and data from Ethnologue.
Koyraboro Senni test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator

На других языках

[de] Koyra Senni

Koyra Senni (auch Ost-Songhay, Koyraboro Senni oder Koroboro Senni) ist eine in Mali – dort vor allem in Gao – von ca. 400.000 Menschen (Stand 2007, Tendenz steigend) gesprochene südliche Songhai-Sprache.
- [en] Koyraboro Senni

[fr] Koyraboro senni

Le koyraboro senni, aussi appelé songhaï de l'Est, koroboro senni ou koyra senni, est une variété de songhaï parlée au Mali par environ 400 000 personnes le long de fleuve Niger depuis Gourma-Rharous, l'est de Tombouctou, jusqu'à Bourem, Gao, et Ansongo à la frontière avec le Niger.


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