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Maninka, Sankaran

A language of Guinea

ISO 639-3: msc

Population  77,000 (2006).
Language map  Guinea and Guinea-Bissau, reference number 37
Alternate names   Faranah, Sankarankan
Dialects  Lexical similarity: 79% with Eastern Maninkakan [emk].
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).
Comments  Muslim.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

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."  Available online