Maninkakan, Western

A language of Senegal

ISO 639: mlq
Alternate Names: Malinka, Malinké, Maninga, Maninka, Maninka-Western, Maninkakan, Maninkaxan, Western Malinke
Population: 1,630,000 in Senegal (2017). Total users in all countries: 2,067,260.
Location:: Kédougou and Tambacounda regions: north of Gambia river; Kolda region: near easternmost point of The Gambia.
Language Status: 5 (Developing). Recognized language (2001, Constitution, Article 1).
Classification: Niger-Congo, Mande, Western, Central-Southwestern, Central, Manding-Jogo, Manding-Vai, Manding-Mokole, Manding, Manding-West
Dialects: Jahanka (Diakhanke, Diakhonké, Diakkanke, Jahanque, Jahonque, Jaxanka, Kyakanke). Lexical similarity: 59% with Mandinka [mnk]. A member of macrolanguage Mandingo [man].
Language Use: Most domains. Used by all. Many also use Wolof [wol], as the language of commerce and interethnic communication (Sarr and Thiaw 2012). Some also use French [fra], as the language of education and government (Diouf et al 2017).
Language Development: Radio. Grammar. Bible portions: 1997–2003.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Maninkakan, Western
Writing: Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab]. Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments: Muslim, traditional religion.

Gambia

Mali

Location: Kayes region: Bafoulabé circle and Baking-Baloy drainage area; Kayes circle north to Kayes, north Kéniéba circle.
Dialects: Kouroudougou, Konkodougou, Djébé, Niagala.
Language Status: 5 (Developing)
Other Comments: Muslim, traditional religion.

Location: Kédougou and Tambacounda regions: north of Gambia river; Kolda region: near easternmost point of The Gambia.