Misplaced Pages

The Kassonke (Khassonké) language, Xaasongaxango (Xasonga), or Western Maninka (Malinke), is a Manding language spoken by the Khassonké and Malinke of western Mali and by the Malinke of eastern Senegal. Kassonke is an official language in Mali. Western and Eastern Maninka are 90% mutually intelligible, though distinct from the Mandinka (Malinke) of southern Senegal, which is a national language there.

Phonology

Consonants

Vowels

See also

• Bafoulabé
• Kayes

References

1. Kassonke at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
   Western Malinke (Malinka) at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
2. Koite-Herschel, Ute (1982). Le systeme phonologique du Xasonga. In Bulletin de l'Institut de phonétique de Grenoble, vol. 10-11, 1981-1982: Institut de phonétique de Grenoble. pp. 201–249.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)

Further reading

• Koite-Herschel, Ute (Autumn 1981). "La translation du constituent verbal: le cas du xasonga" (PDF). Mandenkan. 2: 3–16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-07.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
• Sullivan, Terrence D. (2004). A preliminary report of existing information on the Manding languages of West Africa: summary and suggestions for future research (Report). SIL Electronic Survey Reports. Vol. 2004–005.

This article about Mande languages is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• Manding languages
• Languages of the Gambia
• Languages of Mali
• Languages of Senegal
• Niger–Congo language stubs