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, a border town with
Mali
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, down to the towns of
Tera
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People
* Tera Hunter, American professor of history
* Tera Patrick (born 1976) American pornographic actress
* Tera people, an ethnic group in Gombe State, Nigeria
Places
* Téra, Niger
* Tera, Paphos, Cyprus
* ...
,
Anzourou
Anzourou is a village and rural commune in Niger
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, Namari Goungou and
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 Anson ...
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 imp ...
in Mali. Some use the
Peulh 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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