Niger-Congo family
Mandinka
c. 1200 CE – today Living
Mandinka (c. 1200 CE – today) is a living Niger-Congo language. Lineage: Proto-Niger-Congo → Proto-Mande → Proto-Manding → Mandinka.
See Mandinka on the interactive map- Speakers
- 2.1M (2,100,000)
- ISO 639-3
- mnk
Western Manding language of the Gambia, Senegal and Guinea-Bissau.
Lineage
- Proto-Niger-Congoc. 10,000 BCE – 7,000 BCE
- Proto-Mandec. 5,000 BCE – 3,000 BCE
- Proto-Mandingc. 500 BCE – 1200 CE
- Mandinkac. 1200 CE – today
Sister languages 2
Also descended from Proto-Manding.