Maninkakan
Eastern Maninka
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.
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20 palavras essenciais em Eastern Maninka
Água
ji
/dʒi/
Fogo
tasuma
/tasuma/
Sol
tile
/tile/
Lua
kalo
/kalo/
Mãe
ba
/ba/
Pai
fa
/fa/
Comer
domu
/domu/
Beber
min
/min/
Amor
kanu
/kanu/
Coração
dusu
/dusu/
Árvore
yiri
/jiɾi/
Casa
lu
/lu/
Cão
wuli
/wuli/
Gato
jakuma
/dʒakuma/
Mão
bolo
/bolo/
Olho
ɲa
/ɲa/
Olá
i ni se
/i ni se/
Obrigado
i ni se
/i ni se/
Um
kelen
/kelen/
Bom
ka ɲi
/ka ɲi/
Fontes
Palavras comparadas
Comparado com línguas Niger-Congo relacionadas
| Significado | Eastern Maninka | Xaasongaxango | bambara | Kita Maninkakan | diúla | Western Maninkakan | Konabéré |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Água | ji /dʒi/ | ji /dʒi/ | ji /dʒi/ | ji /dʒi/ | ji /dʒi/ | ji /dʒi/ | ji /dʒi/ |
| Fogo | tasuma /tasuma/ | tasuma /tasuma/ | tasuma /tasuma/ | tasuma /tasuma/ | tasuma /tasuma/ | tasuma /tasuma/ | ta /ta/ |
| Sol | tile /tile/ | tile /tile/ | tile /tile/ | tle /tle/ | tile /tile/ | tile /tile/ | tile /tile/ |
| Lua | kalo /kalo/ | kalo /kalo/ | kalo /kalo/ | kalo /kalo/ | kalo /kalo/ | kalo /kalo/ | kalo /kalo/ |
| Mãe | ba /ba/ | ba /ba/ | ba /ba/ | ba /ba/ | ba /ba/ | na /na/ | ba /ba/ |
| Pai | fa /fa/ | fa /fa/ | fa /fa/ | fa /fa/ | fa /fa/ | fa /fa/ | fa /fa/ |
| Comer | domu /domu/ | domu /domu/ | dumuni /dumuni/ | don /don/ | dun /dun/ | don /don/ | don /don/ |
| Beber | min /min/ | min /min/ | min /min/ | min /min/ | min /min/ | min /min/ | min /min/ |
| Amor | kanu /kanu/ | kanu /kanu/ | kanu /kanu/ | kanu /kanu/ | kanu /kanu/ | kanu /kanu/ | kana /kana/ |
| Coração | dusu /dusu/ | dusu /dusu/ | dusu /dusu/ | dusu /dusu/ | dusu /dusu/ | dusu /dusu/ | dusu /dusu/ |
| Árvore | 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/ |
| Cão | wuli /wuli/ | wulu /wulu/ | wulu /wulu/ | wulu /wulu/ | wulu /wulu/ | wulu /wulu/ | fugo /fuɡo/ |
| Gato | jakuma /dʒakuma/ | jakuma /dʒakuma/ | jakuma /dʒakuma/ | ñaakuma /ɲaːkuma/ | jakuma /dʒakuma/ | nyaakuma /ɲaːkuma/ | nyukuma /ɲukuma/ |
| Mão | bolo /bolo/ | bolo /bolo/ | bolo /bolo/ | bolo /bolo/ | bolo /bolo/ | bolo /bolo/ | bolo /bolo/ |
| Olho | ɲa /ɲa/ | ɲa /ɲa/ | ɲɛ /ɲɛ/ | ña /ɲa/ | ɲɛ /ɲɛ/ | nya /ɲa/ | ɲɛ /ɲɛ/ |
| Olá | 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/ |
| Obrigado | 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/ |
| Um | kelen /kelen/ | kele /kele/ | kelen /kelen/ | kelen /kelen/ | kelen /kelen/ | kelen /kelen/ | kelen /kelen/ |
| Bom | ka ɲi /ka ɲi/ | nyi /ɲi/ | ka ɲi /ka ɲi/ | ñuman /ɲuman/ | ɲuman /ɲuman/ | nyuman /ɲuman/ | ɲuman /ɲuman/ |
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