songhai
IPA: sˈɔŋhˈaɪ
Root Word: Songhai
noun
- Any of a group of closely related languages or dialects centred on the middle stretches of the Niger River in West Africa, and used as a lingua franca in that region.
- The Songhai Empire.
- Any member of a West African people who speak the Songhai languages.
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Examples of "songhai" in Sentences
- The Songhai economy was based on a system.
- The Songhai economy was based on a clan system.
- Same ruled probably applied in Songhai I suppose.
- Songhai split into several states during the 1600s.
- The actual songhai population lived along the river.
- Elise's maternal descent is of the Songhai people in Mali.
- Problem is, there isn't a whole bunch of research on Songhai.
- One type (songhai tomo) can grow in water more than 3 m deep.
- In fact the largest empire in africa was built on the sahara by the songhai.