Where is Songhai spoken along the Niger River?

The Songhai languages are primarily spoken along the Niger River, stretching from Djenné and Timbuktu in Mali eastward toward Benin.1

The ethnolinguistic group associated with these languages inhabits the area of the great bend of the Niger River, extending from Lake Debo through Niger to the mouth of the Sokoto River in Nigeria. While these languages are generally classified as a branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family, they also feature extensions into neighboring countries.21