Soninke language
| Soninke | |
|---|---|
| Sooninkanxanne سࣷونِکَنْخَنّࣹ | |
| Native to | Mali, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ghana, Burkina Faso |
| Region | West Africa |
| Ethnicity | Soninke |
Native speakers | 2.3 million (2017–2021) |
Niger–Congo?
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| Dialects | |
| Latin Arabic (Ajami) N'ti | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | snk |
| ISO 639-3 | snk |
| Glottolog | soni1259 |
The Soninke language (Soninke: Sooninkanxanne, سࣷونِکَنْخَنّࣹ), also known as Serakhulle or Azer or Maraka, is a Mande language spoken by the Soninke people of West Africa. The language has an estimated 2.3 million speakers, primarily located in Mali and Mauritania, and also (in order of numerical importance of the communities) in Senegal, Ivory Coast, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, and Guinea. It enjoys the status of a national language in Mauritania, Mali, Senegal and The Gambia.