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Humburi Senni
humburi ciini هُمْبُرِ ٺِينِ
Native to	Burkina Faso, Mali
Region	Hombori
Native speakers	(81,000 cited 1999–2021)
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Songhay Southern Humburi Senni
Dialects	Hombori Maransé
Writing system	Latin Arabic
Language codes
ISO 639-3	hmb
Glottolog	humb1243
Location of Songhay languages Northwest Songhay:   Korandje   Koyra Chiini   Tadaksahak   Tasawaq   Tagdal Eastern Songhay:   Tondi Songway Kiini   Humburi Senni   Koyraboro Senni   Zarma language   Songhoyboro Ciine   Dendi

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)

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

[a]

[b]

[t͡ʃ]

[d]

[e]

[f]

[ɡ]

[h]

[i]

[d͡ʒ]

[k]

[l]

[m]

[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

[ɲ]

[ŋ]

[o]

[p]

[r]

[s]

[ʃ]

[t]

[u]

[w]

[j]

[z]

[ʒ]

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.

Humburi Senni Arabic alphabet (Mali)

Arabic (Latin) [IPA]	ا ‌( - ) [∅]/[ʔ]	ب (B b) [b]	ت (T t) [t]	ٺ (C c) [t͡ʃ]	ث (S s) [s]	ج (J j) [d͡ʒ]
Arabic (Latin) [IPA]	ح (H h) [h]	خ (Kh kh) [x]	ݗ (Ŋ ŋ) [ŋ]	د (D d) [d]	ذ (Z z) [z]	ر (R r) [r]
Arabic (Latin) [IPA]	ز (Z z) [z]	ژ (Ž ž) [ʒ]	س (S s) [s]	ش (Š š) [ʃ]	ص (S s) [s]	ض (D d) [d]
Arabic (Latin) [IPA]	ط (T t) [t]	ظ (Z z) [z]	ع ( - ) [ʔ]	غ (G g) [ɡ]	ݝ (G g) [ɡ]	ڢ (F f) [f]
Arabic (Latin) [IPA]	ݠ (P p) [p]	ڧ (K k) [k]	ك (K k) [k]	ل (L l) [l]	م (M m) [m]	ن (N n) [n]
Arabic (Latin) [IPA]	ه (H h) [h]	و (W w) [w]	ؤ ( - ) [ʔ]	ي (W w) [j]	ئ ( - ) [ʔ]	ࢩ (Ɲ ɲ) [ɲ]

Vowel at the beginning of a word

A	E	I	O	U
Short Vowels
اَ	اٜ	اِ	اࣷ	اُ
Long Vowels
Aa	Ee	Ii	Oo	Uu
آ	اٜيـ / اٜي	اِيـ / اِي	اࣷو	اُو

Vowel at the middle or end of a word

a	e	i	o	u
Short Vowels
◌َ	◌ٜ	◌ِ	◌ࣷ	◌ُ
Long Vowels
aa	ee	ii	oo	uu
◌َا / ◌َـا	◌ٜيـ / ◌ٜـيـ ◌ٜي / ◌ٜـي	◌ِيـ / ◌ِـيـ ◌ِي / ◌ِـي	◌ࣷو / ◌ࣷـو	◌ُو / ◌ُـو

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