Mandinka

== English == === Alternative forms === Mandingo === Etymology === From Mandinka Mandinka (“someone from Mande”), from Mandiŋ (“Mande”) + -ka (“inhabitant suffix”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /manˈdɪŋkə/ === Noun === Mandinka (plural Mandinkas or Mandinka) A member of a particular people of West Africa. ==== Translations ==== === Proper noun === Mandinka The language spoken by these people, of the Mandé group of the Niger-Congo language family. ==== Translations ==== === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Mandinka terms === Further reading === Ethnologue entry for Mandinka, mnk ⁠