Dendi language
Dendi is a Songhay language used as a trade language across northern Benin (along the Niger River; Donga and Alibori provinces, e.g. Djougou, Kandi). It forms a dialect cluster with Zarma and Koyraboro Senni but it is heavily influenced by Bariba.
| Dendi | |
|---|---|
| Dandawa | |
| Region | northern Benin |
Native speakers | 257,050 (2000-2016)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ddn |
| Glottolog | dend1243 |
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Writing system
| Uppercase | A | B | C | D | E | Ɛ | F | G | Gg | H | I | J | K | Kp | L | M | N | NY | Ŋ | Ŋw/Ŋm | O | Ɔ | P | R | S | T | W | Y | Z |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minuscules | a | b | c | d | e | ɛ | f | g | gb | h | i | j | k | kp | l | m | n | ny | ŋ | ŋw/ŋm | o | ɔ | p | r | s | t | w | y | z |
The grave accent, the acute accent and the macron are used on vowels to indicate tones.[5]
References
- "Dendi". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
- This map is based on classification from Glottolog and data from Ethnologue.
- Joe Salmons, Accentual change and language contact: Comparative survey and a case study of early Northern Europe
- CENALA 1990.
- CENALA 2008.
Bibliography
- Centre national de linguistique appliquée (CENALA) (1990), Alphabet des langues nationales (2 ed.), Cotonou: CENALA
- Centre national de linguistique appliquée (CENALA) (2008), Alphabet des langues nationales béninoises (in French) (6 ed.), Cotonou: CENALA avec le concours de l’Initiative francophone pour la formation à distance des maîtres (IFADEM)
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