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To test one another intelligence
and wisdom Zarma like to play at riddles. This
page contains a riddle provided by Ibu Ibrahim.
So test you own brain and knowledge of the Zarma
culture and language.
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Jandiize Cino to zankey go tarey,
man ga i baba? |
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| The Zarma word for riddle is
jandiize or sometimes jantiize. This literally
means child of a tale, fable or proverb (jandi
or janti in Zarma). In Kaado and other Songhai
dialects the word yaasey is used. |
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Last updated:
26 december 2009
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| Answer The children (zankey)
who are outside at night are the stars (handarayizey
or handariizey). They are the children of
the (mother) moon (handu) and the
(father) sun (wayno). So your answer
could be something like 'A go ga kani' or
'A go ga jirbi' |
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