Maninkakan
Kimaninka cha Mashariki
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.
Inakozungumzwa
Maneno 20 ya msingi katika Kimaninka cha Mashariki
Maji
ji
/dʒi/
Moto
tasuma
/tasuma/
Jua
tile
/tile/
Mwezi
kalo
/kalo/
Mama
ba
/ba/
Baba
fa
/fa/
Kula
domu
/domu/
Kunywa
min
/min/
Upendo
kanu
/kanu/
Moyo
dusu
/dusu/
Mti
yiri
/jiɾi/
Nyumba
lu
/lu/
Mbwa
wuli
/wuli/
Paka
jakuma
/dʒakuma/
Mkono
bolo
/bolo/
Jicho
ɲa
/ɲa/
Habari
i ni se
/i ni se/
Asante
i ni se
/i ni se/
Moja
kelen
/kelen/
Nzuri
ka ɲi
/ka ɲi/
Vyanzo
Ulinganishaji wa maneno
Imelinganishwa na lugha za Niger-Congo zinazohusiana
| Maana | Kimaninka cha Mashariki | Kikhassonke | Kibambara | Kimaninkakan cha Kita | Kidyula | Kimaninkakan cha Magharibi | Kikonabere |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maji | ji /dʒi/ | ji /dʒi/ | ji /dʒi/ | ji /dʒi/ | ji /dʒi/ | ji /dʒi/ | ji /dʒi/ |
| Moto | tasuma /tasuma/ | tasuma /tasuma/ | tasuma /tasuma/ | tasuma /tasuma/ | tasuma /tasuma/ | tasuma /tasuma/ | ta /ta/ |
| Jua | tile /tile/ | tile /tile/ | tile /tile/ | tle /tle/ | tile /tile/ | tile /tile/ | tile /tile/ |
| Mwezi | kalo /kalo/ | kalo /kalo/ | kalo /kalo/ | kalo /kalo/ | kalo /kalo/ | kalo /kalo/ | kalo /kalo/ |
| Mama | ba /ba/ | ba /ba/ | ba /ba/ | ba /ba/ | ba /ba/ | na /na/ | ba /ba/ |
| Baba | fa /fa/ | fa /fa/ | fa /fa/ | fa /fa/ | fa /fa/ | fa /fa/ | fa /fa/ |
| Kula | domu /domu/ | domu /domu/ | dumuni /dumuni/ | don /don/ | dun /dun/ | don /don/ | don /don/ |
| Kunywa | min /min/ | min /min/ | min /min/ | min /min/ | min /min/ | min /min/ | min /min/ |
| Upendo | kanu /kanu/ | kanu /kanu/ | kanu /kanu/ | kanu /kanu/ | kanu /kanu/ | kanu /kanu/ | kana /kana/ |
| Moyo | dusu /dusu/ | dusu /dusu/ | dusu /dusu/ | dusu /dusu/ | dusu /dusu/ | dusu /dusu/ | dusu /dusu/ |
| Mti | yiri /jiɾi/ | yiri /jiɾi/ | jiri /dʒiɾi/ | yiri /jiɾi/ | yiri /jiri/ | yiri /jiɾi/ | yiri /jiri/ |
| Nyumba | lu /lu/ | so /so/ | so /so/ | so /so/ | so /so/ | so /so/ | so /so/ |
| Mbwa | wuli /wuli/ | wulu /wulu/ | wulu /wulu/ | wulu /wulu/ | wulu /wulu/ | wulu /wulu/ | fugo /fuɡo/ |
| Paka | jakuma /dʒakuma/ | jakuma /dʒakuma/ | jakuma /dʒakuma/ | ñaakuma /ɲaːkuma/ | jakuma /dʒakuma/ | nyaakuma /ɲaːkuma/ | nyukuma /ɲukuma/ |
| Mkono | bolo /bolo/ | bolo /bolo/ | bolo /bolo/ | bolo /bolo/ | bolo /bolo/ | bolo /bolo/ | bolo /bolo/ |
| Jicho | ɲa /ɲa/ | ɲa /ɲa/ | ɲɛ /ɲɛ/ | ña /ɲa/ | ɲɛ /ɲɛ/ | nya /ɲa/ | ɲɛ /ɲɛ/ |
| Habari | 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/ |
| Asante | 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/ |
| Moja | kelen /kelen/ | kele /kele/ | kelen /kelen/ | kelen /kelen/ | kelen /kelen/ | kelen /kelen/ | kelen /kelen/ |
| Nzuri | ka ɲi /ka ɲi/ | nyi /ɲi/ | ka ɲi /ka ɲi/ | ñuman /ɲuman/ | ɲuman /ɲuman/ | nyuman /ɲuman/ | ɲuman /ɲuman/ |
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