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Mandinka language

The Mandinka language (Mandi'nka kango; Ajami: مَانْدِينْكَا كَانْجَوْ), or Mandingo, is a Mande language spoken by the Mandinka people of Guinea, northern Guinea-Bissau, the Casamance region of Senegal, and in The Gambia where it is one of the principal languages.

Not to be confused with Dinka language or Maninka language.

Mandinka

2.1 million (2017–2022)[1]

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Mandinka belongs to the Manding branch of Mande and is not similar to Bambara and Maninka/Malinké but with only 5 instead of 7 vowels. The variety spoken in The Gambia and Senegal borders on a pitch accent due to its proximity with non-tonal neighboring languages like Wolof.

: "father," "leader," or "king"

Faama

: "sultan", "king" or "emperor"

Mansa (title)

Mande languages

Manding languages

Mandinka people

Mandé

R. T. Addis, A Study on the Writing of Mandinka in Arabic script, 1963.

Dramé, Man Lafi, Parlons Mandinka, L'Harmattan 2003 (in French)

ELAR archive of

Bainouk and its main contact language Mandinka

including grammar and dictionary

Wolof and Mandinka resources