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Pages in category "Surnames of Mandinka origin" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Ceesay;
A Mandinka speaker, recorded in Taiwan.. The Mandinka language (Mandinka kaŋo; Ajami: مَانْدِينْكَا كَانْجَوْ), or Mandingo, is a Mande language spoken by the Mandinka people of Guinea, northern Guinea-Bissau, the Casamance region of Senegal, and in The Gambia where it is one of the principal languages.
In The Gambia, Mandinka is spoken as a first language by 38% of the population, Pulaar by 21%, Wolof by 18%, Soninke by 9 percent, Jola by 4.5 percent, Serer by 2.4 percent, Manjak and Bainouk by 1.6 percent each, Portuguese Creole by 1 percent, and English by 0.5 percent. Smaller numbers speak several other languages.
Mandinka children are given their name on the eighth day after their birth. The children are almost always named after a very important person in their family. The Mandinka have a rich oral history that is passed down through sung versions by griots. This passing down of oral history through music has made the practice of music one of the most ...
The Arabic alphabet was introduced into the region with the arrival of Islam and was adapted to write in the Manding languages as the Ajami, which is still commonly used for Mandinka. The Latin alphabet was introduced into the region following European conquest and colonization. It is used fairly widely, with "official" versions in many ...
Mandingo people of Sierra Leone (commonly referred to as the Mandinka, Mandingo or Malinke) is a major ethnic group in Sierra Leone and a branch of the Mandinka people of West Africa. The Mandingo first settled in what is now Sierra Leone from Guinea over 650 years ago as farmers , traders and Islamic clerics in the time of the Mali Empire , an ...
Mande, one of the first states of West Africa, according to the Mandinka tradition, is a country whose origins date back to the time of Sundiata Keïta (13th century). ). Manding is the province from which the Mali Empire started, under the leadership of Sundiata Ke
Maninka (also known as Malinke), or more precisely Eastern Maninka, is the name of several closely related languages and dialects of the southeastern Manding subgroup of the Mande language family (itself, possibly linked to the Niger–Congo phylum).