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Dendi
Dandawa
RegionBenin
Native speakers
257,050 (2000-2016)[1]
Official status
Recognised minority
language in
Language codes
ISO 639-3ddn
Glottologdend1243
Location of Songhay languages[2]

Northwest Songhay:

  Korandje
  Koyra Chiini
  Tadaksahak
  Tasawaq
  Tagdal

Eastern Songhay:

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

Dendi is a Songhay language used as a trade language across northern Benin (along the Niger River. It forms a dialect cluster with Zarma and Koyraboro Senni but it is heavily influenced by Bariba.

Dendi has been described as a four-tone language.[3]

Writing system

Dendi alphabet [4]
Uppercase A B C D E Ɛ F G Gg H I J K Kp L M N NY Ŋ Ŋw/Ŋm O Ɔ P R S T W Y Z
Minuscules a b c d e ɛ f g gb h i j k kp l m n ny ŋ ŋw/ŋm o ɔ p r s t w y z

The grave accent, the acute accent and the macron are used on vowels to indicate tones.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Dendi". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
  2. ^ This map is based on classification from Glottolog and data from Ethnologue.
  3. ^ Joe Salmons, Accentual change and language contact: Comparative survey and a case study of early Northern Europe
  4. ^ CENALA 1990.
  5. ^ CENALA 2008.

Bibliography

  • Centre national de linguistique appliquée (CENALA) (1990), Alphabet des langues nationales (2 ed.), Cotonou: CENALA
  • Centre national de linguistique appliquée (CENALA) (2008), Alphabet des langues nationales béninoises (in French) (6 ed.), Cotonou: CENALA avec le concours de l’Initiative francophone pour la formation à distance des maîtres (IFADEM)
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