Songhoyboro Ciine or Songhay Ciiné ( or ) is an upriver dialect of the
southern Songhay dialect of Niger. It is spoken mostly in the northwestern corner of Niger's
Tillaberi region, an area known as
Songhay: from
Gorouol
Gorouol is a village and rural Communes of Niger, commune in Niger. , a border town with
Mali
Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mal ...
, down to the towns of
Tera
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Th ...
,
Anzourou
Anzourou is a village and rural commune in Niger
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, languages_type = National languages , Namari Goungou and
Say
Say may refer to:
Music
*''Say'' (album), 2008 album by J-pop singer Misono
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*"Say (All I Need)", 2007 song by American pop rock band OneRepublic
* "Say" (Method Man song), 2006 single by rapper Method Man
* "Say" ( ...
.
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. Songhoyboro Ciine is not, however, intelligible with
Koyraboro Senni
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 ...
Songhai dialect of
Gao
Gao , or Gawgaw/Kawkaw, is a city in Mali and the capital of the Gao Region. The city is located on the River Niger, east-southeast of Timbuktu on the left bank at the junction with the Tilemsi valley.
For much of its history Gao was an impor ...
in Mali. Some use the
Peulh
The Fula, Fulani, or Fulɓe people ( ff, Fulɓe, ; french: Peul, links=no; ha, Fulani or Hilani; pt, Fula, links=no; wo, Pël; bm, Fulaw) are one of the largest ethnic groups in the Sahel and West Africa, widely dispersed across the region ...
word "kado" (meaning; "stranger") to address this dialect although many of the dialect speakers consider it pejorative.
References
Languages of Niger
Songhay languages
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