Kassonke language

Kassonke
Western Maninka
Xaasongaxango
Native to Mali
Ethnicity Kassonke, Malinke
Native speakers
 1.6 million (2006–2012)[1]
Niger–Congo
Official status
Recognised minority
language in
Mali
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
kao – Kassonke
mlq – Western Malinke (Malinka)
Glottolog xaas1235  (Xaasongaxango)[2]
west2500  (Western Maninkakan)[3]

The Kassonke (Khassonké) language, Xaasongaxango (Xasonga), or Western Maninka (Malinke), is a Manding language spoken by the Khassonké of western Mali and by the Malinke of eastern Senegal. Kassonke is a national language in Mali. Western and Eastern Maninka are 90% mutually intelligible, though distinct from the Mandinka (Malinke) of southern Senegal, which is a national language there.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kassonke at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Western Malinke (Malinka) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Xaasongaxango". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Western Maninkakan". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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