Kita Maninka language

(Redirected from ISO 639:mwk)

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.

Kita Maninkakan
Central Malinke
Native toMali
EthnicityMandinka
Native speakers
(449,000 cited 2001-2014)[1]
Niger–Congo ?
Official status
Recognised minority
language in
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
mwk  Kita Maninka
xkg  Kagoro
Glottologkita1248
ELPKagoro

The Kagoro variety is 86% lexically similar according to Ethnologue, and is being replaced by Bambara.

References

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  1. Kita Maninka at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
    Kagoro at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon