Songhai Bible (Gao) (SESNEW)

Overview

The Songhai Bible in the Gao (Koyraboro Senni) dialect, titled Songhai de Gao, is a complete Bible of both Old and New Testaments. It was translated by Wycliffe Bible Translators together with the BFP Velberter Mission for the roughly 400,000 Koyraboro Senni speakers living between Timbuktu and the Mali–Niger border. The Songhay, Songhai or Ayneha languages are a group of closely related languages and dialects centred on the middle stretches of the Niger River in the West African countries of Mali, Niger, Benin, Burkina Faso and Nigeria, spoken in particular in the cities of Timbuktu, Niamey and Gao.

Language and People

Koyraboro Senni Songhai (ISO 639-3: ses) is spoken by approximately 430,000 people in Mali, Map 1. [Glottolog: koyr1242]

Publishing and Organizations

Published by Wycliffe Bible Translators USA. Translation type: First.

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