Maninka, Sankaran

A language of Guinea

ISO 639: msc
Alternate Names: Faranah, Sankarankan
Location:: Kankan region: east Kouroussa prefecture; Faranah region and prefecture; along Niger tributary, Serekoroba area.
Language Status: 6a* (Vigorous).
Classification: Niger-Congo, Mande, Western, Central-Southwestern, Central, Manding-Jogo, Manding-Vai, Manding-Mokole, Manding, Manding-East, Southeastern Manding
Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 79% with Eastern Maninkakan [emk], 59% with Kuranko [knk]. A member of macrolanguage Mandingo [man].
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Maninka, Sankaran
Writing: Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments: Muslim.

Location: Kankan region: east Kouroussa prefecture; Faranah region and prefecture; along Niger tributary, Serekoroba area.