Humburi Senni, or Central Songhay, is a variety of Southern Songhai spoken in the Hombori region, straddling the Burkina Faso–Mali border.
Orthography
Table below illustrates the Latin alphabet for Humburi Senni in Mali, as standardized by "DNAFLA".
+ Humburi Senni Songhay Latin Alphabet (Mali)République du Mali, Direction nationale de l’alphabétisation fonctionnelle et de la linguistique appliquée, Alphabets et règles d'orthographe des langues nationales, Bamako, DNAFLA, 1993 A a B b C c D d E e F f G g H h I i J j K k L l M m N n Ɲ ɲ Ŋ ŋ O o P p R r S s Š š T t U u W w Y y Z z Ž ž
Table below illustrates the Arabic (Ajami) alphabet for Humburi Senni, based on UNESCO.BREDA report on standardization of Arabic script in published in 1987 in Bamako.Chtatou, M. (1992). Using Arabic script in writing the languages of the peoples of Muslim africa. Institute of African Studies.
+ Humburi Senni Arabic alphabet (Mali) Arabic(Latin)[IPA] ( - )/ (B b) (T t) (C c) (S s) (J j) Arabic(Latin)[IPA] (H h) (Kh kh) (Ŋ ŋ) (D d) (Z z) (R r) Arabic(Latin)[IPA] (Z z) (Ž ž) (S s) (Š š) (S s) (D d) Arabic(Latin)[IPA] (T t) (Z z) ( - ) (G g) (G g) (F f) Arabic(Latin)[IPA] (P p) (K k) (K k) (L l) (M m) (N n) Arabic(Latin)[IPA] (H h) (W w) ( - ) (W w) ( - ) (Ɲ ɲ)
+Vowel at the beginning of a word A E I O UShort Vowels Long Vowels Aa Ee Ii Oo Uu
+Vowel at the middle or end of a word a e i o uShort Vowels Long Vowels aa ee ii oo uu
References
External links Heath, Jeffrey, (2015) Dictionary Humburi Senni (Songhay of Hombori, Mali) - English - French. University of Michigan. Link (Archive) Heath, Jeffrey, (2014) Grammar of Humburi Senni (Songhay of Hombori, Mali). University of Michigan. Link