ISO 639-3 · snksnk
Niger–Congo family
Soninke
Sooninkanxanne
Soninke is a language of the Mande branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Mali, Senegal, Ivory Coast and The Gambia and 3 more countries. Wikidata counts about 1.1 m speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Mande language spoken in West Africa”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
snk- Glottocode
soni1259- Family
- Niger–Congo
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Wikipedia
- 45 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
7countries
1scripts
2levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Soninke · Sooninkanxanne |
|---|---|
| Also called | Serakhulle, Azer, Maraka |
| All speakers | 1,096,795 |
| Written in | Latin script |
| Official in | Mali |
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 Soninke
The branches above Soninke, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Mali
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