Dendi (Benin)
Dendi (Benin) is a Songhay language spoken in Nigeria, Niger, and Benin, by about 32.1 thousand people.
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Dendi is a Songhay language used as a trade language across northern Benin (along the Niger River). It forms a dialect cluster with Zarma and Koyraboro Senni but it is heavily influenced by Bariba.
Dendi has been described as a four-tone language.
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Written down
Aduniya kuna n gu ibuna damayo hɛi nɔ dei-dei nn daama nna n burucinitɛrɛ fɔ, n lasabu nna laakari ya nam nn mɔ huro cɛrɛ kuna nyanze tɛrɛ bɔŋɔɔ.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Dendi (Benin)
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | boro* | |
| name | ma* | |
| eye | mo* | |
| ear | kaNa* | |
| nose | nine* | |
| tooth | hinTe* | |
| tongue | dElE* | |
| hand | kame* | |
| blood | kpiri* | |
| bone | biri* | |
| skin | kuru* | |
| knee | ceNe* | |
| breast | fafa* | |
| liver | bara* | |
| water | hari* | |
| fire | nine* | |
| sun | weyno* | |
| star | handoriya* | |
| stone | toni* | |
| mountain | gure* | |
| tree | turi* | |
| leaf | kosu* | |
| night | cini* | |
| dog | hansi* | |
| fish | isaham* | |
| louse | gani* | |
| one | fo* | |
| two | hinka* | |
| I | hay* | |
| you | ni* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Koyraboro SenniSonghay63% alike
- Humburi Senni SonghaySonghay59% alike
- Koyra ChiiniSonghay57% alike
- ZarmaSonghay54% alike
- TasawaqSonghay38% alike
- TadaksahakSonghay36% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · dend1243 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · ddn