| 释义 |
Songhai|sɒnˈgaɪ|
Also Songhay, Songhoi, † Sungai.
[Native name.]
A people of West Africa, living mainly in Niger and Mali; the Nilo-Saharan language of this people. Also attrib.
1738F. Moore tr. Leo the African's Geographical Hist. Afr. in Trav. Inland Parts Afr. ii. 28 The Negroes have a good many languages amongst them, of which..Sungai is spoken in a great many of their kingdoms. 1858H. Barth Travels & Discoveries in North & Central Afr. IV. lix. 237 All the huts in these Songhay villages consist merely of reeds. Ibid. 238 The Songhay in general are among the most inhospitable people I ever met. 1911Encycl. Brit. XXV. 414/1 According to the Tarik é Sudan..the first king of the Songhoi was called Dialliaman (Arabic Dia min al Jemen, ‘he is come from Yemen’)... The Songhoi emigration must have begun towards the middle of the 7th century... The Songhoi language..is often known as Kissur. 1930C. G. Seligman Races of Afr. iii. 60 Only in 1500, when Melle was captured by the Songhai king, Omar Askia, did the Melestine Empire cease to exist. Ibid. 62 The Songhai are moderately tall, with a stature of about 67 inches. 1957W. M. Hailey Afr. Survey 1956 iii. 86 All languages which are known not to be attached to any of the above Units (e.g. Songhai). 1963[see Saharan n.]. 1966[see Nilo-]. 1977H. Greene FSO-1 xviii. 161 The Republic of Mali..with Bambara and Fulani tribes in the east, the Songhai and the Malinke and the wandering Tuaregs in the west. |