Minianka

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Minianka is a Mande language spoken primarily by the Minianka (Mamara) people of southern Mali and neighboring regions.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Minianka canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mande language
language
closelyRelatedTo Bambara
Dyula
Maninka
country Mali
ethnicGroupAssociated Minianka people
ethnologueEntry Minianka language
glottologCode mini1257
glottologName Minianka
hasAlternativeName Mamara
Mianka
Miniyanka
Mmanianka
hasDialect Bla Minianka
Koutiala Minianka
San Minianka
hasISO6393Code myk
hasLinguisticFeature noun class remnants typical of Mande
subject–object–verb word order
tonal language
hasSpeakerCommunity cross-border communities in Burkina Faso
cross-border communities in Ivory Coast
rural communities in southern Mali
languageFamily Mande
Niger–Congo
neighboringLanguage Bambara
Senufo languages
primaryArea Sikasso Region of Mali
linked to: Sikasso Region
region West Africa
spokenBy Mamara people
Minianka people
spokenIn Burkina Faso
Ivory Coast
linked to: Côte d'Ivoire

Mali
southern Mali
status regional language
subfamilyOf Southern Mande languages
linked to: Southwestern Mande
usedAlongside Bambara
French
usedIn everyday communication
local trade
oral tradition
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sikasso localLanguage Minianka
southern Mali hasEthnicGroup Minianka
Minianka glottologName Minianka