Dendi language

Dendi
Dendi
Dandawa
Native to	Benin, Niger, Nigeria
Region	West Africa
Native speakers	440,000 (2000-2021)
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Songhay Southern Dendi; ; ;
Writing system	Latin
Official status
Recognised minority; language in	Benin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ddn
Glottolog	dend1243
	Location of Songhay languages; Northwest Songhay: Korandje Koyra Chiini Tadaksahak Tasawaq Tagdal Eastern Songhay: Tondi Songway Kiini Humburi Senni Koyraboro Senni Zarma language Songhoyboro Ciine Dendi

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.^[3]

^ Dendi at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)
^ 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