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Encyclopedia > Zarma
Zarma (Zarmaciine)
Spoken in: Niger
Region: Southwest
Total speakers: 2.1 million
Ranking: Not in top 100
Genetic
classification:
Nilo-Saharan

 Songhay
  Southern
   Zarma

Language codes
ISO 639-2 ssa
SIL DJE
Linguasphere 01-AAA-bb


Zarma is a major Songhay language of Niger with over 2 million speakers.


External links

  • Peace Corps / Niger - Zarma Dict. (http://www.bisharat.net/Zarma/)
  • Zarma language and culture (http://home.tiscali.nl/djerma/)

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Zarma is a memory resident encrypted COM and EXE infector.
Zarma is a stealth virus that intercepts interrupt 21h's functions 11h, 12h, 31h, 3Dh, 4Eh, 4Fh, 4Ch, and 6Ch to mask its presence on an infected system.
Zarma is also a retro-virus : it is able to deactivate VSAFE, VDEFEND and VWATCH.
Asia Times Online - The best news coverage from South Asia (1530 words)
This correspondent reached the residence of Chief Zarma Jan at dusk, and was treated to a lavish dinner in the annex of his mud fort.
Zarma Jan is in deep trouble as Islamabad has demanded that he either produce some wanted tribesmen who are believed to be sheltering Taliban and al-Qaeda people, and who are also believed to have been involved in the killing of a major of the Pakistan army, or produce himself for arrest."
Although Zarma Jan is from the Baka Khail tribe, he is chief of all Shawal tribes and is being asked to use his influence to help "smoke out" suspects.
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