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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