Mamara
| Minyaka (Mamara) | ||
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Spoken in |
Mali | |
| speaker | 740,000 | |
| Linguistic classification |
Niger-Congo
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| Official status | ||
| Other official status in |
 Mali ( national language )
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-3 |
myk |
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The Minyanka (also known as Mamara , Miniyanka , Minya , Mianka , Minianka, or Tupiire ) is a northern Senufo language spoken by over 700,000 people in southeastern Mali .
It is closely related to the Supyire and Schempire languages . Mamara is one of the national languages of Mali, along with Maasina-Fulfulde and West Maninka .
literature
- Dombrowsky-Hahn, Klaudia (ed. By Miehe, Gudrun; Reineke, Brigitte; Roncador, Manfred von) (1999) Phénomènes de contact entre les langues Minyanka et Bambara (Sud du Mali) . Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe.
- Prost, André (1964) Contribution à l'étude des langues Voltaiques . Dakar: Institut Francophone de l'Afrique Noire.
Web links
- Ethnologue about Minyanka (Mamara)
- Minyanka-French-Bambara-English Dictionary to view online or download, from the Association for the Promotion of the Mamara language, Koutiala, Mali.
- PanAfrican L10n page about Suppire / Minianka
Individual evidence
- ↑ Assemblée nationale: Le mamara passe, la piraterie fâche, L'Essor December 1, 2006 ( copie sur malikounda.com ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link accordingly Instructions and then remove this notice. )
