Eastern Maninka (Maninkakan)

Eastern Maninka belongs to the Mande branch of the Niger-Congo language family. It is spoken by about 3.5 million people, mainly in Guinea and Mali. There are also Eastern Maninka speakers in Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone.

Eastern Maninka is also known as Kankan Maninka, Malinké, Mande, Maninga, Maninkakan, Maninkaxan or Southern Maninka.

Maninka has been written with the Arabic, N'Ko and Latin alphabets.

Latin alphabet for Maninka

Download an alphabet chart for Maninka (Excel)

Sample text in Maninka

Adamadennu bɛɛ sɔdɔnɲa kakan, hɔrɔya dɔ, fabadenɲa dɔ ani sariya ta fan dɔ. Hankili ni sɔnɔmɛ ye alu bɛɛ ma, a kakan wo dɔ alu ye bakelenɲa sila lataaman alu ɲɔɔn tɛ.

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Links

Information about Maninka
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maninka_language
https://www.ethnologue.com/language/emk/20
http://www.sil-mali.org/en/language/192

Mande languages

Bambara, Busa, Kpelle, Loma, Mandinka, Maninka, Mano, Mende, Soninke, Susu, Vai

Alphabets

Adlam,
Armenian,
Avestan,
Avoiuli,
Bassa (Vah),
Beitha Kukju,
Borama / Gadabuursi,
Carian,
Carpathian Basin Rovas,
Chinuk pipa,
Coorgi-Cox,
Coptic,
Cyrillic,
Dalecarlian runes,
Deseret,
Elbasan,
Etruscan,
Faliscan,
Galik,
Georgian (Asomtavruli),
Georgian (Nuskhuri),
Georgian (Mkhedruli),
Glagolitic,
Gothic,
Greek,
Irish (Uncial),
Kaddare,
Khatt-i-Badí’,
Khazarian Rovas,
Korean,
Latin,
Lepontic,
Luo Lakeside Script,
Lycian,
Lydian,
Manchu,
Mandaic,
Mandombe,
Marsiliana,
Messapic,
Mongolian,
Mro,
Naguaké Taíno Pictographic Alphabet,
N'Ko,
North Picene,
Ogham,
Old Church Slavonic,
Oirat Clear Script,
Old Italic,
Old Nubian,
Old Permic,
Orkhon,
Oscan,
Pau Cin Hau,
Phrygian,
Pollard script,
Runic,
Santali,
Székely-Hungarian Rovás (Hungarian Runes),
Somali (Osmanya),
South Picene,
Sutton SignWriting,
Tai Lue,
Todhri,
Umbrian,
Uyghur,
Zaghawa

Other writing systems

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