Kassonke language
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Name (Latin)
Kassonke language
Other forms of name
Kasonke language
Kasso language
Kasson language
Khasonke language
Khassonka language
Khassonke language
Xaasonke language
Xasonke language
See Also From tracing topical name
Mande languages
See Also From tracing place name
Gambia
Mali
Senegal
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q36905
Library of congress:
sh 99004140
Sources of Information
- Tveit, Harald. Petit dictionnaire khassonké français, 1993.
- Ethnologue, April 21, 1999
- Voegelin lang.:
- Fivaz. African lang.:
- African ethnon. and top., 1978:
- Biebuyck, D. African ethnonyms, 1996:
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Wikipedia description:
The Kassonke (Khassonké) language, Xaasongaxango (Xasonga), or Western Maninka (Malinke), is a Manding language spoken by the Khassonké and Malinke of western Mali and by the Malinke of eastern Senegal. Kassonke is an official language in Mali. Western and Eastern Maninka are 90% mutually intelligible, though distinct from the Mandinka (Malinke) of southern Senegal, which is a national language there.
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