Songhai

noun

Son·​ghai

säŋˈgī

variants or less commonly Songhoi or Songoi

-ˈgȯi

or Songhay

-ˈgī

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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