Mandinka Language (mnk) - Revision history

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Also Known As: Mandinque,Mandingue,Manding,Mande,Mandinga,Mandingo,Soc...
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<tr><td><b>Also Known As:</b> Mandinque,Mandingue,Manding,Mande,Mandinga,Mandingo,Socé,Mandé,Mandinka

<b>Description:</b>

The Mandink'a language, sometimes referred to as Mandingo, is a Mandé language spoken by millions of Mandinka people in Mali, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea-Bissau and Chad; it is the main language of The Gambia. It belongs to the Manding branch of Mandé, and is thus fairly similar to Bambara and Maninka or Malinké. In a majority of areas, it is tonal language with two tones: low and high, although the particular variety spoken in Gambia and Senegal is non-tonal and uses a pitch accent.
Latin alphabet and Arabic alphabet-based orthographies are widely used for Mandinka; the former is official, but the latter is more widely used and older. In addition, the pan-Mandé writing system, the N'Ko alphabet, invented in 1949, is often used in Northeast Guinea, and bordering communities in Côte d'Ivoire and Mali.
In the Latin script, c represents /t͡ʃ/, ŋ /ŋ/, and ñ /ɲ/; the letters v, x, z, and q are not used. Vowels are as in Spanish or Italian, and are doubled to indicate length or distinguish words that are otherwise homophones.
The Arabic script uses no extra letters (apart from, rarely, an extra vowel mark for e), but some of<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=1234228 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr>
<tr><td><h2>Location of Mandinka Language Speakers</h2>
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<tr><td><h2>Rosetta Document Collection</h2>
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<tr><td>Book:</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/details/rosettaproject_mnk_book-1 (download)]</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_mnk_book-1 (browse)] </td></tr>
<tr><td>Miscellaneous:</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/details/rosettaproject_mnk_misc-1 (download)]</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_mnk_misc-1 (browse)] </td></tr>
<tr><td>Orthography:</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/details/rosettaproject_mnk_ortho-1 (download)]</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_mnk_ortho-1 (browse)] </td></tr>
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<h2>Overview</h2>

<tr><td><b>Main Country: </b></td><td>[http://www.freebase.com/view/en/senegal Senegal]</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Spoken In: </b></td><td>

<b><i>Regions: </i></b>[http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/africa Africa]
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<tr><td><b>ISO 639-3 Code: </b></td><td>mnk</td></tr>

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<tr><td><h2>Classification Taxonomy</h2>
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  [[Niger-Congo Group]]

    [[Mande Group]]

      [[Western Mande Group]]

        [[Central-Southwestern Group]]

          [[Central Central-Southwestern Group]]

            [[Manding-Jogo Group]]

              [[Manding-Vai Group]]

                [[Manding-Mokole Group]]

                  [[Manding Group]]

                    [[Manding-West Group]]

                      <b>[[Mandinka Language]]</b>

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