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| Kita Maninkakan | |
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| Central Malinke | |
| Native to | Mali |
| Ethnicity | Mandinka |
Native speakers | 450,000 (2009 census)[1] |
| Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | Mali |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:mwk – Kita Maninkaxkg – Kagoro |
| Glottolog | kita1248 |
Kita Maninkakan, or Central Malinke, is a Manding language spoken by close to 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
- ^ Kita Maninka at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Kagoro at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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