Back شعب دندي Arabic Dendi (Ethnie in Westafrika) German Dendit Finnish Dendi (peuple du Bénin) French Pobo dendi Galician Mutanen Dendi Hausa Dendi (popolo) Italian Dendy (vahoaka ao Benîno) Malagasy Денди (народ) Russian
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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 195,633 people | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Benin: (Northern Benin) Nigeria: (Arewa Dandi LG) - 184,030 Niger: Dosso Region Togo | |
| Languages | |
| Dendi | |
| Religion | |
| Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Songhai |
The Dendi are an ethnic group located in Benin, Niger, Nigeria and northern Togo mainly in the plains of the Niger River. They are part of the Songhai people, and were an integral part of the Songhai Empire as the Dendi province or Dendiganda. Derived from the Songhay language, the term "Dendi" translates to "down the river." The community consists of 195,633 people. Among them, only 4,505 live in Nigeria. In Niger they live in around the city of Gaya. Their mother tongue is Dendi.