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Name: Soninke Type: Language Alternate Names: Azer; Sooninke (autonym); Màraka; Màrka (in Manding); Sarakolle; Saraxuli (in Senegambian Pular; Wolof; French); Sàrakule; Sàrakulle (in Mandinka; in Mandinka; “Soninke” means ‘heathen’); Markaajo/Markaa?e (in Fulfulde; Mali); Ceddo/Sebbe (in Pulaar; Senegal an; 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 Standard: ISO 639-3 Documentation: SIL Families: Niger-Congo (Niger-Kordofanian) Parent Subgroup: Soninke (snke) Child Dialects: Kinbakka (snk-kin) Azer; Adjer; Aser; Ajer; Masiin; Taghdansh (snk-aze) Gadyaga (snk-gad) Xenqenna (snk-xen)