The main outside influence on all of these except on Korandje is the
Tamasheq language cluster. Korandje appears to be influenced more by
Northern and
Western Berber; in turn, the neighboring Northern Berber language
Taznatit shows a few traces of Songhay influence. Since the Berber influence in these languages extends beyond the lexicon into the inflectional morphology, Northern Songhay are sometimes viewed as
mixed languages (Alidou & Wolff 2001). ==References==