Soninke language

De Soninke language (Soninke: Sooninkanxanne, سࣷونِکَنْخَنّࣹ), dem sanso know as Serakhulle anaa Azer anaa Maraka, be a Mande language wey de Soninke people of West Africa speak. Na de language get an estimated 2.3 million speakers, primarily dey locate insyd Mali den Mauritania, den sanso (in order of numerical importance of de communities) insyd Senegal, Ivory Coast, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, den Guinea. E dey enjoy de status of a national language insyd Mauritania, Mali, Senegal den The Gambia.

 Phonology 

 Consonants 
LabialAlveolarPalatalVelarUvularGlottalNasal⟨m⟩ m⟨n⟩ n⟨ñ⟩ ɲ⟨ŋ⟩ ŋStop andAffricatevoiceless⟨p⟩ p⟨t⟩ t⟨c⟩ t͡ʃ⟨k⟩ k⟨q⟩ qvoiced⟨b⟩ b⟨d⟩ d⟨j⟩ d͡ʒ⟨g⟩ ɡFricative⟨f⟩ f⟨s⟩ s⟨x⟩ x ~ χ⟨h⟩ hTrill⟨r⟩ rApproximant⟨w⟩ w⟨l⟩ l⟨y⟩ j

 Vowels 
FrontCentralBackClosei iːu uːClose-mide eːo oːOpena aː

Dem dey wrep long vowels double: aa, ee, ii, oo, uu.

 Dialects 
Dialects of Soninke dey include de Berber-inflected Azer dialect.

 References 

 External links 
 PanAfriL10n page on Soninke
 Soninkara.org: La langue soninké
 Collection of documents in Soninke
 Decree No. 2005-991 of 21 October 2005 relating to the spelling and the separation of words in Soninke via the website of the Senegalese Journal officiel (in French)


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Category:Languages of the Gambia
Category:Languages of Mauritania
Category:Languages of Senegal
Category:Languages of Ivory Coast
Category:Languages wey dey Ghana
Category:Languages of Guinea
Category:Languages of Guinea-Bissau
Category:Languages of Burkina Faso
Category:Mande languages
Category:Soninke
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