Definition of Songhai
plural Songhai
or Songhais
1 a
: a Sudanese people living below Timbuktu in the bend of the Niger that are mostly Muslim
b
: a member of such people
2
: the language of the Songhai people used widely as a language of commerce throughout the middle Niger valley
3
: a language family consisting only of Songhai and a few closely related languages or dialects (such as perhaps Dyerma)
