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Maninkakan, Eastern

A language of Guinea

ISO 639-3: emk

Population	1,890,000 in Guinea (1986). 73,500 Wasulu. Population total all countries: 2,031,800.
Region	Widespread in upper region; central, Kankan region; forest region near Liberia. Also in Liberia, Sierra Leone.
Language map	Guinea and Guinea-Bissau, reference number 12
Alternate names	Eastern Malinke, Kankan Maninka, Mande, Maninka, Southern Maninka
Dialects	Bö, Amana (Kourousa), Koulounkalan, Maninka-Mori (Mori), Wasulu (Wassulu, Wassulunka, Wassulunke). Maninka of Liberia is the same as Maninka of Guinea (Eastern Maninkakan), Bambara [bam] of Mali and parts of Senegal is not vastly different. Eastern Maninkakan of Côte d’Ivoire is similar to Bambara; Western Maninkakan [mlq] of south central and southeast Senegal is considerably different. Lexical similarity 92% with the Wasulu dialect, 79% with Sankaran Maninka [msc], 72% with Konyanka Maninka [mku].
Classification	Niger-Congo, Mande, Western, Central-Southwestern, Central, Manding-Jogo, Manding-Vai, Manding-Mokole, Manding, Manding-East, Southeastern Manding A member of macrolanguage Mandingo [man] (Guinea).
Language use	Official regional language.
Language development	Literacy materials taught in school. Dictionary. NT: 1932–1966.
Writing system	Latin script. N’Ko script.
Comments	Muslim.

Also spoken in:

Sierra Leone

Language name	Maninkakan, Eastern
Population	108,000 in Sierra Leone (2006).
Region	Kabala area and small groups throughout the country.
Language map	Sierra Leone, reference number 3
Alternate names	Eastern Malinke, Kankan Maninka, Madingo, Mande, Mandingo, Maninka, Maninka-Mori, Southern
Language use	Trade language.
Comments	Traders. Muslim.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

HOCHSTETLER, J. Lee, author. 2012. "A Sociolinguistic Survey of Eastern Maninkakan, including the Wassulu area."  

PIONEER Bible Translators, author. 2003. "Maninka Sentence Repetition Test survey report: an investigation into the degree of bilingualism proficiency between Maninka of Kankan and Malinké, Kuranko, Sankaran, konyanka as well as other dialects of Maninka."  

SULLIVAN, Terrence D., author. 2004. "A preliminary report of existing information on the Manding languages of West Africa: summary and suggestions for future research."