Kita Maninka language

Kita Maninkakan
Kita Maninkakan
Central Malinke
Native to	Mali
Ethnicity	Mandinka
Native speakers	450,000 (2009 census)
Language family	Niger–Congo Mande Western Mande ... Manding West Manding Kita Maninkakan; ; ; ; ; ;
Official status
Recognised minority; language in	Mali
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; mwk – Kita Maninka; xkg – 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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[e18-1] Kita Maninka at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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