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
- 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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