Mandinka
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Mande language spoken by the Mandinka people of West Africa
Key facts
- Pronunciation
- [ ma.ⁿdi.ᵑka ka.ŋo ]
- Native to
- Senegal , The Gambia , Guinea-Bissau
- Region
- Casamance , The Gambia, Senegal
- Ethnicity
- Mandinka
- Native speakers
- 2.1 million (2017–2022)
- Language family
- Niger–Congo ? Mande West Mande Central-West Central Mande Manding-Jogo Manding-Vai Manding-Mokole Manding West Manding Mandinka
- Writing system
- Arabic , Latin , N'Ko , Garay
- Official language in
- The Gambia
- Recognised minority language in
- Senegal
- Iso 639 3
- mnk
- Glottolog
- mand1436
- Linguasphere
- 00-AAA-aa
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Encyclopedic overview
A Mandinka speaker, recorded in Taiwan.
The Mandinka language (Mandinka kaŋo; Ajami: مَانْدِينْكَا كَانْجَوْ), also known as Mandingo, is a Mande language spoken by the Mandinka people of northern Guinea-Bissau, the Casamance region of Senegal, and The Gambia, where it is one of the principal languages.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mandinka” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.