Niger-Congo family
Soninke
c. 500 CE – today Living
Soninke (c. 500 CE – today) is a living Niger-Congo language. Lineage: Proto-Niger-Congo → Proto-Mande → Soninke.
See Soninke on the interactive map- Speakers
- 2M (2,000,000)
- ISO 639-3
- snk
Western Mande language associated with the Ghana Empire (Wagadu). The start date is a conventional anchor, not an attested stage boundary.
Lineage
- Proto-Niger-Congoc. 10,000 BCE – 7,000 BCE
- Proto-Mandec. 5,000 BCE – 3,000 BCE
- Soninkec. 500 CE – today
Sister languages 3
Also descended from Proto-Mande.