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Name:
Soninke
Alternate Names:
Marka; Maraka; Sarakole; Sarakule; Sarawule; Serahuli; Silabe; Toubakai; Wakore; Gadyaga; Aswanik; Diawara; Sarahole; Sarahuli; Walpre
Spoken in:
Guinea, Mali, Gambia, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau
Number of speakers:
700,000 in Mali (1991). 125,000 Diawara (1991 Vanderaa), 374,042 L1 Marka speakers (1987 census). Population total all countries: 1,250,000
(Ethnologue)
Code:
snk
Code Authority:
ISO 639-3
Code Standard:
SIL
Families:
Niger-Congo (Niger-Kordofanian)
Parent Subgroup:
Soninke (snke)
Child Dialects:
Kinbakka (snk-kin)
Gadyaga (snk-gad)
Azer; Adjer; Aser; Ajer; Masiin; Taghdansh (snk-aze)
Xenqenna (snk-xen)
Map of Soninke
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