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Kita Maninka language

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(Redirected from Kita Maninkakan) Manding language of Mali Not to be confused with Kagoro language (Nigeria).
Kita Maninkakan
Central Malinke
Native toMali
EthnicityMandinka
Native speakers449,000 (2001-2014)
Language familyNiger–Congo ?
Official status
Recognised minority
language in
 Mali
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
mwk – Kita Maninka
xkg – Kagoro
Glottologkita1248
ELPKagoro

Kita Maninkakan, or Central Malinke, is a Manding language spoken by about a million people in Mali, where it is a national language. About 10% are ethnically Fula.

The Kagoro variety is 86% lexically similar according to Ethnologue, and is being replaced by Bambara.

References

  1. Kita Maninka at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
    Kagoro at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
Languages of Mali
Official languages
Working language
Indigenous
languages
Niger–Congo
Dogon
Other
Nilo-Saharan
Other
Sign languages
Mande languages
Southeast Mande
South Mande
East Mande
West Mande
Bobo
Jogo
Manding
Mokole
Samogo
Soninke–Bozo
Soso–Jalonke
Southwest
Vai–Kono


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