Soninke language

Soninke language

language
name=Soninke
nativename=Soninkanxaane
familycolor=Niger-Congo
states=Mali, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau and Guinea
region=West Africa
speakers=1,096,795
rank=
fam2=Mande
fam3=Western
fam4=Northwestern
fam5=Soninke-Bobo
fam5=Soninke-Boso
iso1=|iso2=snk|iso3=snk

The Soninke language (Soninke: "Soninkanxaane") is a Mande language spoken by the Soninke people of West Africa. The language has an estimated 1,096,795 speakers, primarily located in Mali, and also (in order of numerical importance of the communities) in Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, The Gambia, Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau, and Guinea.

The language is relatively homogeneous, with only slight phonological, lexical, and grammatical variations.

Linguistically, its nearest relatives are the Bozo languages, centered around the Niger Inland Delta.

It is thought that the Imraguen language is a dialect of Soninke but this is not certain.

External links

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=snk "Ethnologue" report on Soninke]
* [http://www.panafril10n.org/wikidoc/pmwiki.php/PanAfrLoc/Soninke PanAfriL10n page on Soninke]

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