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)
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