Soninke
Mande language spoken in West Africa
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Summary
Soninke is a natural language[1]. Soninke draws 841 Wikipedia views per month (natural language category, ranking #204 of 734).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Mali[3], Senegal[4], Ivory Coast[5], The Gambia[6], Mauritania[7], Guinea-Bissau[8], Guinea[9]
- Instance of: modern language[10]
- Subclass of: Mande[11]
- Writing system: Latin script[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Soninke language[13]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 1,096,795[14]
- Native label: Sooninkanxanne[15]
- Different from: Soninke people[16]
- Indigenous to: Kayes Region[17], Koulikoro Region[18], Ségou Region[19], Gorgol[20], Dakhlet Nouadhibou[21], Guidimakha[22], Kolda[23], Matam[24], Tambacounda Region[25], Bamako[26]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/SNK[27]
- Ethnologue language status: 5 Developing[28]
Why It Matters
Soninke has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Soninke is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]