Native to Mali Native speakers 450,000 (2009 census) | Ethnicity Mandinka Recognised minority
language in Mali | |
Language family Niger–Congo
Mande
Western Mande
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Manding
West Manding
Kita Maninkakan ISO 639-3 Either:
mwk – Kita Maninka
xkg – Kagoro | ||
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 language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA