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- Songhai_people abstract "The Songhai (also Songhay or Sonrai) are west Africans who speak Songhai languages, the lingua franca of the Songhai Empire which dominated the western Sahel in the 15th and 16th century. The Songhai are found primarily throughout Mali in the Western sudanic region (not the country). The name Songhai is historically neither an ethnic nor a linguistic designation, but a name for the ruling caste of the Songhay Empire. Speakers in Mali have adopted it as an ethnic self-designation but other Songhay-speaking groups identify themselves by other ethnic terms such as Zarma (or Djerma, the largest subgroup of the Songhai) or Isawaghen. The dialect of Koyraboro Senni spoken in Gao is unintelligible to speakers of the Zarma dialect of Niger, according to at least one report. The Songhay languages are commonly taken to be Nilo-Saharan but this classification remains controversial: Dimmendaal (2008) believes that for now it is best considered an independent language family.It was from one of Mali's former conquests, the kingdom of Gao, that the last major empire of the western Sudan emerged. Although the city of Gao had been occupied by a Songhai dynasty prior to being conquered by Mansa Musa's forces in 1325, it was not until much later that the Songhai empire emerged. The empire saw its pre-eminent rise under the military strategist and influential Songhai king, Sonni Ali Ber. It began its rise in 1468 when Sonni Ali conquered much of the weakening Mali empire's territory as well as Timbuktu, famous for its Islamic universities, and the pivotal trading city of Djenné. Among the country's most noted scholars was Ahmed Baba—a highly distinguished historian frequently quoted in the Tarikh al-Sudan and other works. The people consisted of mostly fishermen and traders. Following Sonni Ali's death, Muslim factions rebelled against his successor and installed Soninke general, Askia Muhammad (formerly Muhammad Toure) who was to be the first and most important ruler of the Askia dynasty (1492–1592). Under the Askias, the Songhai empire reached its zenith.Following Askia Muhammad, the empire began to collapse. It was enormous and could not be kept under control. The kingdom of Morocco saw Songhay's still flourishing salt and gold trade and decided that it would be a good asset. The Dendi people are a subgroup of the Songhai. Morgan Freeman and Kimberly Elise are some notable descendants of the Songhai.".
- Songhai_people language Songhay_languages.
- Songhai_people populationPlace West_Africa.
- Songhai_people related Fula_people.
- Songhai_people related Hausa_people.
- Songhai_people related Kanuri_people.
- Songhai_people related Mandé_peoples.
- Songhai_people related Nilo-Saharan_languages.
- Songhai_people related Soninke_people.
- Songhai_people related Toubou_people.
- Songhai_people related Zarma_people.
- Songhai_people religion Muslim.
- Songhai_people thumbnail Songhai_man_near_Timbuktu,_Mali_2012.jpg?width=300.
- Songhai_people wikiPageID "624630".
- Songhai_people wikiPageLength "3995".
- Songhai_people wikiPageOutDegree "41".
- Songhai_people wikiPageRevisionID "699875695".
- Songhai_people wikiPageWikiLink Ahmad_Baba_al_Massufi.
- Songhai_people wikiPageWikiLink Askia_Mohammad_I.
- Songhai_people wikiPageWikiLink Category:Songhai_people.
- Songhai_people wikiPageWikiLink Dendi_people.
- Songhai_people wikiPageWikiLink Djenné.
- Songhai_people wikiPageWikiLink Fula_people.
- Songhai_people wikiPageWikiLink Gao.
- Songhai_people wikiPageWikiLink Hausa_people.
- Songhai_people wikiPageWikiLink Kanuri_people.
- Songhai_people wikiPageWikiLink Kimberly_Elise.
- Songhai_people wikiPageWikiLink Koyraboro_Senni.
- Songhai_people wikiPageWikiLink Mali.
- Songhai_people wikiPageWikiLink Mandé_peoples.
- Songhai_people wikiPageWikiLink Morgan_Freeman.
- Songhai_people wikiPageWikiLink Musa_I_of_Mali.
- Songhai_people wikiPageWikiLink Muslim.
- Songhai_people wikiPageWikiLink Niger.
- Songhai_people wikiPageWikiLink Nilo-Saharan_languages.
- Songhai_people wikiPageWikiLink Sahel.
- Songhai_people wikiPageWikiLink Songhai_Empire.
- Songhai_people wikiPageWikiLink Songhay_languages.
- Songhai_people wikiPageWikiLink Soninke_people.
- Songhai_people wikiPageWikiLink Sonni_Ali.
- Songhai_people wikiPageWikiLink Sudan_(region).
- Songhai_people wikiPageWikiLink Tarikh_al-Sudan.
- Songhai_people wikiPageWikiLink Tasawaq_language.
- Songhai_people wikiPageWikiLink Timbuktu.
- Songhai_people wikiPageWikiLink Toubou_people.
- Songhai_people wikiPageWikiLink West_Africa.
- Songhai_people wikiPageWikiLink Zarma_language.
- Songhai_people wikiPageWikiLink Zarma_people.
- Songhai_people wikiPageWikiLink File:Songhai_man_near_Timbuktu,_Mali_2012.jpg.
- Songhai_people wikiPageWikiLinkText "Shongai".
- Songhai_people wikiPageWikiLinkText "Songhai or Sonrai".
- Songhai_people wikiPageWikiLinkText "Songhai people".
- Songhai_people wikiPageWikiLinkText "Songhai".
- Songhai_people wikiPageWikiLinkText "Songhay".
- Songhai_people wikiPageWikiLinkText "Songhaï".
- Songhai_people wikiPageWikiLinkText "Songhoi".
- Songhai_people wikiPageWikiLinkText "Songhoy people".
- Songhai_people wikiPageWikiLinkText "Songrai".
- Songhai_people wikiPageWikiLinkText "Sonrai".
- Songhai_people group "Songhai".
- Songhai_people imageCaption "A man of the Songhai people from Mali, in 2012.".
- Songhai_people langs Songhay_languages.
- Songhai_people popplace West_Africa.
- Songhai_people poptime "Approx. 4.5 million".
- Songhai_people related "Djerma, other Nilo-Saharan groups,".
- Songhai_people related "Hausa, Toubou, Kanuri .".
- Songhai_people related "Mandé, Soninke, Fula ,".
- Songhai_people rels "Predominantly Muslim".
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- Songhai_people wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Ethnic_groups_in_Mali.
- Songhai_people wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Fact.
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- Songhai_people wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- Songhai_people subject Category:Songhai_people.
- Songhai_people type Community.
- Songhai_people type EthnicGroup.
- Songhai_people type Group.
- Songhai_people type Community.
- Songhai_people type Group.
- Songhai_people type People.
- Songhai_people type Thing.
- Songhai_people type Q41710.
- Songhai_people comment "The Songhai (also Songhay or Sonrai) are west Africans who speak Songhai languages, the lingua franca of the Songhai Empire which dominated the western Sahel in the 15th and 16th century. The Songhai are found primarily throughout Mali in the Western sudanic region (not the country). The name Songhai is historically neither an ethnic nor a linguistic designation, but a name for the ruling caste of the Songhay Empire.".
- Songhai_people label "Songhai people".
- Songhai_people differentFrom Songye_people.
- Songhai_people sameAs Q487902.
- Songhai_people sameAs Songhais.
- Songhai_people sameAs Songhai.
- Songhai_people sameAs Songhai.
- Songhai_people sameAs Sonrajoj.
- Songhai_people sameAs Songhai.
- Songhai_people sameAs Songhai_herria.
- Songhai_people sameAs Songhait.
- Songhai_people sameAs Songhaï_(peuple).
- Songhai_people sameAs Songhai.
- Songhai_people sameAs Songhai_(popolo).
- Songhai_people sameAs ソンガイ族.
- Songhai_people sameAs Songajai.
- Songhai_people sameAs Königriek_Songhai.