Kita Maninka language
(Redirected from Kagoro language)
| Kita Maninkakan | |
|---|---|
| Central Malinke | |
| Native to | Mali |
| Ethnicity | Mandinka |
Native speakers | 449,000 (2001-2014)[1] |
| Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:mwk – Kita Maninkaxkg – Kagoro |
| Glottolog | kita1248 |
| ELP | Kagoro |
Kita Maninkakan, or Central Malinke, is a Manding language spoken by about a million people in Mali, where it is a national language. About 10% are ethnically Fula.
The Kagoro variety is 86% lexically similar according to Ethnologue, and is being replaced by Bambara.
References
[edit]- ^ Kita Maninka at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
Kagoro at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
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