Songhay family

Koyraboro Senni

c. 1000 CE – today Living

Koyraboro Senni (c. 1000 CE – today) is a living Songhay language. Lineage: Proto-Songhay → Koyraboro Senni.

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Glottocode
koyr1242

Southern Songhay language of the Niger valley around Gao and Timbuktu in Mali, the historical heartland of the Songhai Empire.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Songhayc. 0 CE – 1000 CE
  2. Koyraboro Sennic. 1000 CE – today

Sister languages 1

Also descended from Proto-Songhay.

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