Dendi
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A language of Benin
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Dandawa
Autonym
Songhay
Population
255,000 (2016). Total users in all countries: 257,050.
Location
Alibori and Atacora departments: Djougou, Parakou, and other towns north along Medru and Niger rivers down to Kandi.
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Language Status
3 (Wider communication).
Classification
Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 1%–30%. Taught in primary schools in small-scale multilingual education program since 2013. Radio. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1995.
Language Resources
Writing
Latin script [Latn].
Djougou and Parakou speech varieties reportedly different from that in the northeast. Different from Dendi [deq] in Central African Republic. Muslim.