Mandinka language
E351830
The Mandinka language is a Mande language of West Africa widely spoken in countries such as Gambia, Senegal, Guinea, and Mali, and serves as a major lingua franca of the Mandinka people.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mandinka language canonical | 8 |
| Maninka language | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3354932 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mandinka language Context triple: [Mandinka people, language, Mandinka language]
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A.
Banda-Ndélé language
The Banda-Ndélé language is a Central Sudanic language spoken by the Banda people, primarily in the Central African Republic.
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B.
Zande language
The Zande language is a Central African language spoken primarily by the Azande people across parts of South Sudan, the Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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C.
Ngbandi language
The Ngbandi language is a Central Sudanic language spoken primarily in the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, known for being the linguistic source of the trade language Sango.
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D.
Mandar language
Mandar is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Mandar people along the western coast of Sulawesi in Indonesia.
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E.
Dagbani language
Dagbani is a major Gur language of northern Ghana, spoken primarily by the Dagomba people and used widely in education, media, and regional communication.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mandinka language Target entity description: The Mandinka language is a Mande language of West Africa widely spoken in countries such as Gambia, Senegal, Guinea, and Mali, and serves as a major lingua franca of the Mandinka people.
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A.
Banda-Ndélé language
The Banda-Ndélé language is a Central Sudanic language spoken by the Banda people, primarily in the Central African Republic.
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B.
Zande language
The Zande language is a Central African language spoken primarily by the Azande people across parts of South Sudan, the Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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C.
Ngbandi language
The Ngbandi language is a Central Sudanic language spoken primarily in the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, known for being the linguistic source of the trade language Sango.
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D.
Mandar language
Mandar is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Mandar people along the western coast of Sulawesi in Indonesia.
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E.
Dagbani language
Dagbani is a major Gur language of northern Ghana, spoken primarily by the Dagomba people and used widely in education, media, and regional communication.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mande language
ⓘ
Niger–Congo language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Bambara
ⓘ
surface form:
Bambara language
Dioula ⓘ
surface form:
Dioula language
Mandinka language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Maninka language
|
| ethnicLanguageOf | Mandinka people ⓘ |
| glottocode | mand1436 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Malinke (in some classifications)
ⓘ
Mandingo ⓘ Mandinka ⓘ
surface form:
Mandinko
|
| hasApproximateSpeakers | 1600000 ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Bamako Mandinka
ⓘ
Casamance Mandinka ⓘ Mandinka ⓘ
surface form:
Kaabu Mandinka
Mandinka ⓘ
surface form:
Kita Mandinka
|
| hasLinguisticTypology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
postpositions
ⓘ
rich verbal inflection ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
ATR vowel harmony
ⓘ
tone language ⓘ |
| hasStandardForm |
Casamance Mandinka
ⓘ
surface form:
Gambian Mandinka
|
| hasWritingSystem |
Arabic script
ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
N'Ko script ⓘ |
| ISO639-1Code | None ⓘ |
| ISO639-2Code | mnk ⓘ |
| isRecognizedAs |
national language in Gambia
ⓘ
national language in Senegal ⓘ |
| isTaughtIn | schools in Gambia ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Western Mande ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Mande languages ⓘ |
| majorityLanguageIn | rural Gambia ⓘ |
| primaryCountry |
The Gambia
ⓘ
surface form:
Gambia
|
| region | West Africa ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Burkina Faso
ⓘ
Chad ⓘ The Gambia ⓘ
surface form:
Gambia
Guinea ⓘ Guinea-Bissau ⓘ Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ
surface form:
Ivory Coast
Mali ⓘ Mauritania ⓘ Senegal ⓘ Sierra Leone ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Western Mande language ⓘ |
| usedAs | lingua franca ⓘ |
| usedIn |
griot storytelling
ⓘ
oral tradition of Mandinka people ⓘ |
| usesWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| writingDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mandinka language Description of subject: The Mandinka language is a Mande language of West Africa widely spoken in countries such as Gambia, Senegal, Guinea, and Mali, and serves as a major lingua franca of the Mandinka people.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Maninka language
this entity surface form:
Maninka language
subject surface form:
Kankan
this entity surface form:
Maninka language