Maninkakan
Maninka orientale
Niger-Congo
Eastern Maninka (autonymously Maninkakan) is a Manding language of the Mande branch of Niger-Congo, spoken by over 3 million people in Upper Guinea (Kankan, Faranah, Siguiri prefectures) and adjacent borderlands of Mali, Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Maninka is closely related to Bambara (bm) of Mali and the Mandinka of Senegambia — together forming the Manding dialect cluster. The Maninka are the modern descendants of the Mali Empire (c. 1235-1670) which dominated West Africa under emperors like Sundiata Keita and Mansa Musa. The 1949 invention of the N'Ko alphabet by Solomana Kanté specifically for Manding languages was an explicit reaction against the use of foreign scripts (Arabic and Latin) for African languages, and N'Ko has growing popular use particularly in Guinea. Maninka is one of the most-vibrant African languages with intact intergenerational transmission and major literary production.
Dove si parla
20 parole essenziali in Maninka orientale
Acqua
ji
/dʒi/
Fuoco
tasuma
/tasuma/
Sole
tile
/tile/
Luna
kalo
/kalo/
Madre
ba
/ba/
Padre
fa
/fa/
Mangiare
domu
/domu/
Bere
min
/min/
Amore
kanu
/kanu/
Cuore
dusu
/dusu/
Albero
yiri
/jiɾi/
Casa
lu
/lu/
Cane
wuli
/wuli/
Gatto
jakuma
/dʒakuma/
Mano
bolo
/bolo/
Occhio
ɲa
/ɲa/
Ciao
i ni se
/i ni se/
Grazie
i ni se
/i ni se/
Uno
kelen
/kelen/
Buono
ka ɲi
/ka ɲi/
Fonti
Parole a confronto
Confrontato con le lingue Niger-Congo correlate
| Significato | Maninka orientale | Khassonké | bambara | Maninkakan di Kita | dyula | Maninkakan occidentale | Konabéré |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acqua | ji /dʒi/ | ji /dʒi/ | ji /dʒi/ | ji /dʒi/ | ji /dʒi/ | ji /dʒi/ | ji /dʒi/ |
| Fuoco | tasuma /tasuma/ | tasuma /tasuma/ | tasuma /tasuma/ | tasuma /tasuma/ | tasuma /tasuma/ | tasuma /tasuma/ | ta /ta/ |
| Sole | tile /tile/ | tile /tile/ | tile /tile/ | tle /tle/ | tile /tile/ | tile /tile/ | tile /tile/ |
| Luna | kalo /kalo/ | kalo /kalo/ | kalo /kalo/ | kalo /kalo/ | kalo /kalo/ | kalo /kalo/ | kalo /kalo/ |
| Madre | ba /ba/ | ba /ba/ | ba /ba/ | ba /ba/ | ba /ba/ | na /na/ | ba /ba/ |
| Padre | fa /fa/ | fa /fa/ | fa /fa/ | fa /fa/ | fa /fa/ | fa /fa/ | fa /fa/ |
| Mangiare | domu /domu/ | domu /domu/ | dumuni /dumuni/ | don /don/ | dun /dun/ | don /don/ | don /don/ |
| Bere | min /min/ | min /min/ | min /min/ | min /min/ | min /min/ | min /min/ | min /min/ |
| Amore | kanu /kanu/ | kanu /kanu/ | kanu /kanu/ | kanu /kanu/ | kanu /kanu/ | kanu /kanu/ | kana /kana/ |
| Cuore | dusu /dusu/ | dusu /dusu/ | dusu /dusu/ | dusu /dusu/ | dusu /dusu/ | dusu /dusu/ | dusu /dusu/ |
| Albero | yiri /jiɾi/ | yiri /jiɾi/ | jiri /dʒiɾi/ | yiri /jiɾi/ | yiri /jiri/ | yiri /jiɾi/ | yiri /jiri/ |
| Casa | lu /lu/ | so /so/ | so /so/ | so /so/ | so /so/ | so /so/ | so /so/ |
| Cane | wuli /wuli/ | wulu /wulu/ | wulu /wulu/ | wulu /wulu/ | wulu /wulu/ | wulu /wulu/ | fugo /fuɡo/ |
| Gatto | jakuma /dʒakuma/ | jakuma /dʒakuma/ | jakuma /dʒakuma/ | ñaakuma /ɲaːkuma/ | jakuma /dʒakuma/ | nyaakuma /ɲaːkuma/ | nyukuma /ɲukuma/ |
| Mano | bolo /bolo/ | bolo /bolo/ | bolo /bolo/ | bolo /bolo/ | bolo /bolo/ | bolo /bolo/ | bolo /bolo/ |
| Occhio | ɲa /ɲa/ | ɲa /ɲa/ | ɲɛ /ɲɛ/ | ña /ɲa/ | ɲɛ /ɲɛ/ | nya /ɲa/ | ɲɛ /ɲɛ/ |
| Ciao | i ni se /i ni se/ | i ni sogoma /i ni soɡoma/ | i ni ce /i ni t͡ʃɛ/ | i ni soɣoma /i ni soɣoma/ | i ni soɣoma /i ni soɣoma/ | i ni sögöma /i ni soɣoma/ | ka kɛ /ka kɛ/ |
| Grazie | i ni se /i ni se/ | i ni baara /i ni baːɾa/ | i ni ce /i ni t͡ʃɛ/ | i ni baara /i ni baːɾa/ | i ni ce /i ni tʃe/ | i ni baara /i ni baːɾa/ | baraka /baɾaka/ |
| Uno | kelen /kelen/ | kele /kele/ | kelen /kelen/ | kelen /kelen/ | kelen /kelen/ | kelen /kelen/ | kelen /kelen/ |
| Buono | ka ɲi /ka ɲi/ | nyi /ɲi/ | ka ɲi /ka ɲi/ | ñuman /ɲuman/ | ɲuman /ɲuman/ | nyuman /ɲuman/ | ɲuman /ɲuman/ |
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