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ISO 639-3 · mnkmnk
Niger–Congo family
Mandinka
Mandinka kaŋo
Mandinka is a language of the Mande branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Mali, Senegal, The Gambia and Guinea and 6 more countries. Wikidata counts about 1.4 m speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Mande language spoken by the Mandinka people of West Africa”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
mnk- Glottocode
mand1436- Family
- Niger–Congo
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Wikipedia
- 50 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
10countries
3scripts
2levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Mandinka · Mandinka kaŋo |
|---|---|
| Also called | Mandinka language, Mandingo, Mandingo language |
| All speakers | 1,350,000 |
| Written in | Latin script, Arabic script, N’ko |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Niger–Congo to Mandinka
The branches above Mandinka, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Mali52 languages in the indexSenegal34 languages in the indexThe Gambia10 languages in the indexGuinea32 languages in the indexIvory Coast54 languages in the indexBurkina Faso49 languages in the indexSierra Leone22 languages in the indexLiberia21 languages in the indexGuinea-Bissau21 languages in the indexChad117 languages in the index
Also spoken in Mali
araArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafefraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationalfulFulaNiger–Congo · 24 mSafemosMooréNiger–Congo · 7.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationfucPulaarNiger–Congo · 4.5 m5 · DevelopingmeyHassaniya ArabicAfroasiatic · 3.8 m3 · Wider CommunicationtmhTuaregAfroasiatic · 1.2 mVulnerablettqTahouaAfroasiatic · 640,0006a · VigoroustaqTamasheqAfroasiatic · 500,0005 · DevelopingdsqTadaksahakNilo-Saharan · 100,0006a · Vigorous