Kaado language

Kaado
Region Niger, upriver from Zarma
Native speakers
(no estimate available)
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottolog kaad1238[1]

Kaado is a recently described Songhay language of Niger, located upriver from the socially dominant Zarma language. It has traditionally been considered a dialect of Zarma, the name used for all Songhai spoken in Niger.


  1. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Kaado". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.