Mande · West Africa

Mandinka

Not endangered

Mandinka is documented so far only to the level of long grammar.

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FamilyMande
StatusNot endangered
DocumentationLong grammar
ISO 639-3mnk
Glottocodemand1436

Spoken in Gambia · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Senegal

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Closest relatives

Languages sharing the deepest branch of Mande's family tree with Mandinka.

  1. Jahanka

    Not endangered
    Wordlist or less

  2. Kagoro

    Threatened
    Grammar

  3. Kita Maninkakan

    Not endangered
    Long grammar

  4. Western Maninkakan

    Not endangered
    Grammar

  5. Xaasongaxango

    Not endangered
    Long grammar

  6. Bambara

    Not endangered
    Long grammar

  7. Bolon

    Threatened
    Long grammar

  8. Dyula

    Not endangered
    Long grammar

Reference data for Mandinka from Glottolog 5.2.1, licensed CC-BY-4.0. Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Bank, Sebastian. 2025. Glottolog 5.2.1. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. (Available online at https://glottolog.org)