Soninke
Sooninkanxanne
Soninke is a Mande language spoken in Mali, Senegal, Guinea, and Mauritania, by about 1.1 million people.
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The Soninke language (Soninke: Sooninkanxanne, سࣷونِکَنْخَنّࣹ), also known as Serakhulle or Azer or Maraka, is a Mande language spoken by the Soninke people of West Africa. The language has an estimated 2.3 million speakers, primarily located in Mali and Mauritania, and also (in order of numerical importance of the communities) in Senegal, Ivory Coast, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, and Guinea. It is a national language of Mauritania, Mali, Senegal and The Gambia.
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Written down
Haadama renme su saareyen ŋa an na du-kitten ña, an nta sere komaaxu, an do soron su yan yekka dorontaaxu do taqu. Haqilen, wa sere su, a do soro kuttu nan siri terene doome kappalengaaxu kanma.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Soninke
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | yaxare | |
| water | jí | |
| one | bàanè | |
| two | fíllò | |
| three | síkkò | |
| four | naxato | |
| five | karago | |
| ten | tanmu |
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Sankaran ManinkaMande23% alike
- MixiforeMande20% alike
- Konyanka ManinkaMande20% alike
- Lele (Guinea)Mande19% alike
- KakabeMande19% alike
- BolonMande19% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
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