Kita Maninka language

Kita Maninkakan
Kita Maninkakan
Central Malinke
Native to	Mali
Ethnicity	Mandinka
Native speakers	449,000 (2001-2014)
Language family	Niger–Congo ? Mande Western Manding Manding West Manding Kita Maninkakan; ; ; ; ;
Official status
Recognised minority; language in	Mali
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; mwk – Kita Maninka; xkg – Kagoro
Glottolog	kita1248
ELP	Kagoro

Kita Maninkakan, or Central Malinke, is a Manding language spoken by about a million people in Mali, where it is a national language. About 10% are ethnically Fula.

The Kagoro variety is 86% lexically similar according to Ethnologue, and is being replaced by Bambara.