Mandinka is a Mande language with about 1.3 million speakers (in 2006) in Mali, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea-Bissau and Chad. It is the main language of The Gambia, and is recognised as a minority language in Senegal. Mandinka is also known as Mandingo.
There are versions of the Latin and Arabic scripts for writing Mandinka. The Latin script is official, but the Arabic script is used by more people, and is older. The N'Ko script is also used in north east Guinea, and in neighbouring parts of Ivory Coast and Mali.
Long vowels are indicated by doubling: aa, ee, etc.
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Kabiring Alla ye daafengolu bee dadaa, a naata kungolu fanaa bee dadaa ì ye. Kabiring kung taa siita, daafengolu bee taata ì kungolu taa. Bari seewoo le labanta ka taa a kungo taa.
Biring a be bo kang nang kung taadulaa to, a ning ñankaroo benta siloo kang, wo fanaa be taa kang a kungo taa kang. Bitung ñankaroo ye seewoo ñininkaa ko, “Kori kungolu mang bang jee?” Seewoo ko a ye ko, “Kungolu mennu tuta jee to, nte le fanaa kungo ñiiñaata wolu ti.”
Ñankaroo ko a ye ko, “Wo to nte fanaa faata wolu la le.”
Wo le ye a tinna ñankaroo mang kungo soto.
Source: http://www.mandinka.org/uk.html
Information about Mandinka | Numbers
Information about the Mandinka language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandinka_language
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandinka_(langue)
http://www.mandinka.org
Mandinka lessons
https://www.livelingua.com/project/peace-corps/Mandinka/
Mandinka phrases
http://www.freewebs.com/mrsjatta/mandinkaandwolof.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIpu1CwDORc
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