Language family

Songhay

Languages along the middle Niger in Mali and Niger, including Zarma – one of the main languages of Niger.

3 languages on this site · c. 5.6 million speakers in total (sum of estimates, bilingual people counted more than once) · the main official language in 0 countries.

Family tree

Subgroups according to Glottolog with the languages that are in the atlas – click to expand.

Eastern Songhay 2
Zarma-Kaado-Dendi 1
Northwest Songhay 1

Classification: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Branches are selected nodes of the Glottolog tree.