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Mandingo vs Mandinka - What's the difference?

mandingo | mandinka |

Mandinka is a alternative form of mandingo.



As proper nouns the difference between mandingo and mandinka

is that mandingo is a macrolanguage spoken primarily in West Africa, with the seven individual languages: Mandinka, Eastern Maninkakan, Forest Maninka, Kita Maninkakan, Konyanka Maninka, Sankaran Maninka, Western Maninkakan while Mandinka is a people of West Africa.

As a noun Mandinka is

a member of this people.

mandingo

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • a macrolanguage spoken primarily in West Africa, with the seven individual languages: Mandinka, Eastern Maninkakan, Forest Maninka, Kita Maninkakan, Konyanka Maninka, Sankaran Maninka, Western Maninkakan.
  • Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A member of the Mandinka people.
  • mandinka

    Alternative forms

    * Mandingo

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A people of West Africa.
  • The language spoken by these people, of the language family.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A member of this people.
  • See also

    * (mnk)