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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Guinea-Bissau > Mansoanka

Mansoanka

A language of Guinea-Bissau

ISO 639-3msw

Population  15,500 in Guinea-Bissau (2006). Population total all countries: 17,100.
Region  North central. Also in Gambia.
Language map  Guinea and Guinea-Bissau, reference number 28
Alternate names   Kunant, Kunante, Mansoanca, Maswanka, Sua
Dialects  Not inherently intelligible with Balanta-Kentohe [ble] or Mandinka [mnk], although called ‘Mandinkanized Balanta’.
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Atlantic, Southern, Sua
Comments  Muslim, traditional religion.