Songhai

noun

Son·ghai | \ säŋˈgī\

variants: or less commonly Songhoi or Songoi \ -ˈgȯi \ or Songhay \ -ˈgī \

plural Songhai or Songhais

Definition of Songhai

1a : 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)

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