Soninké
E740011
Soninké is a Mande language spoken primarily by the Soninké people across parts of Mali, Senegal, Mauritania, and neighboring West African countries.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Soninké canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mande language
ⓘ
language ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Soninké people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | soni1259 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Maraka
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sarakole NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarakollé NERFINISHED ⓘ Serakhulle NERFINISHED ⓘ Soninke NERFINISHED ⓘ Sooninkanxanne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasApproximateSpeakers | over 2 million ⓘ |
| hasBasicWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Eastern Soninké
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northern Soninké NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Soninké NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Soninké NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISO639-1Code | snk ⓘ |
| hasISO639-2Code | snk ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | snk ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
rich noun class-like derivation ⓘ tone language ⓘ |
| hasStandardizationBody |
national language commissions in Mali
ⓘ
national language commissions in Senegal ⓘ |
| isOfficialLanguageIn |
Mali (national language)
ⓘ
Mauritania (national language) ⓘ Senegal (national language) ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Mande languages
ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ |
| region |
Sahel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Upper Senegal River region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Burkina Faso
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
France NERFINISHED ⓘ Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ Guinea-Bissau NERFINISHED ⓘ Ivory Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ Mali NERFINISHED ⓘ Mauritania NERFINISHED ⓘ Senegal NERFINISHED ⓘ The Gambia NERFINISHED ⓘ West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Western Mande language ⓘ |
| usedBy | Soninké diaspora communities ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Islamic religious education
ⓘ
griotic traditions ⓘ oral literature ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Arabic script
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.