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A language of Burkina Faso

Boucle du Mouhoun region: Bale, Banwa, Nayala, and Sourou provinces; Kossi and Mouhoun provinces: Nouna and Dedougou areas.

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Language NameMarka

User Population

50,800 in Mali (2014 UNSD).

Location

Mopti region: Bankass circle, south of Dialassagou town; Ségou region: northeast Tominian circle, along Burkina Faso border.

Alternate Names

Dafing, Marka-Dafin, Meka

Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Language Use

Shifting to Bambara [bam]. Most Pana people also speak Marka-Dafin very well. Used by all. Used as L2 by Pana [pnq].

Other Comments

Used for followers of the traditional religion, Dafing for Muslim speakers. Different from the Marka name for Soninke [snk], and Marka-Jalan who speak the San dialect of Bamanankan [bam]. Muslim.

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