Kita Maninka language
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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
.
Manding languages
The Manding languages are a fairly mutually intelligible group of dialects or languages in West Africa, belonging to the Mande languages. Their best-known members are Bambara, the most widely spoken language in Mali; Mandinka, the main language of Gambia; Maninka or Malinké, a major language of...
language spoken by close to a million people in Mali
Mali
Mali , officially the Republic of Mali , is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km² with...
, where it is a national language.. About 10% are ethnically Fula
Fula people
Fula people or Fulani or Fulbe are an ethnic group spread over many countries, predominantly in West Africa, but found also in Central Africa and Sudanese North Africa...
.
The Kagoro variety is 86% lexically similar according to Ethnologue, and is being replaced by Bambara
Bambara language
Bambara, more correctly known as Bamanankan , its designation in the language itself , is a language spoken in Mali by as many as six million people...
.