Maninka, Sankaran

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A language of Guinea

ISO 639-3
msc
Alternate Names
Faranah, Sankarankan
Location

Kankan region: east Kouroussa prefecture; Faranah region and prefecture; along Niger tributary, Serekoroba area.

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Language Status

6a* (Vigorous).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Mande, Western, Central-Southwestern, Central, Manding-Jogo, Manding-Vai, Manding-Mokole, Manding, Manding-East, Southeastern Manding
Dialects

None known. Lexical similarity: 79% with Eastern Maninkakan [emk], 59% with Kuranko [knk]. A member of macrolanguage Mandingo [man].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Maninka, Sankaran
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Muslim.