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Mandinka

Also known as Mandinka language, Mandingo, Mandingo language

Mande language spoken by the Mandinka people of West Africa

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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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number of speakers, writers, or signers: 1350000
exact match: publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/MNK
Commons category: Mandinka language
P8168: Tomas Espedal
native label: Mandinka kaŋo

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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.