Mankanya language

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The Mankanya language is an Atlantic language of the Niger-Congo family spoken primarily in parts of Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, and The Gambia by the Mankanya people.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Atlantic language
Niger-Congo language
natural language
country Republic of Guinea-Bissau NERFINISHED
Republic of Senegal NERFINISHED
Republic of The Gambia NERFINISHED
ethnicGroupAssociated Mankanya people NERFINISHED
family Niger-Congo NERFINISHED
glottologCode mank1256
glottologName Mankanya NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Mancanha NERFINISHED
Mankanya NERFINISHED
Mankañ NERFINISHED
hasISO639-3Code knf
hasTypologicalFeature tonal language (Atlantic family-typical)
isPartOf Atlantic language group NERFINISHED
Niger-Congo language family NERFINISHED
languageFamilyBranch Atlantic–Congo
Senegambian languages NERFINISHED
neighboringLanguage Balanta language NERFINISHED
Jola languages NERFINISHED
Mandinka language
region West Africa
spokenBy Mankanya people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Guinea-Bissau NERFINISHED
Senegal NERFINISHED
The Gambia NERFINISHED
subfamily Atlantic
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Papel closelyRelatedTo Mankanya language
subject surface form: Papel language