Jahanka language

Jahanka
Native to	Guinea
Native speakers	30,000 (1999)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Mande Western Mande ... Manding West Manding Jahanka
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`jad`
Glottolog	`jaha1245`^[2]

Jahanka is a Manding language of Guinea. It is partially intelligible with Mandinka. (The Jahanka of Senegal and Bissau is a dialect of Kassonke.)

References

↑ Jahanka at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Jahanka". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

East Mande
(Dan–Busa)

Southeast	Beng Dan Gban Goo Guro Mano Mwa Tura Wan Yaure

Bisa–Busa	Bissa Boko Busa Tyenga Samo Shanga

Central West Mande
(Manding–Kpelle)

Jogo languages	Ligbi Tonjon

Manding languages	Bambara Bolon Dyula Jahanka Kassonke Mandinka Maninka Kita Marka Sininkere

Mokole languages	Kakabe Kuranko Lele Mixifore

Southwest Mande	Bandi Kpelle Loko Loma Mende Zialo

Other Central	Jeri Kono Susu Vai Yalunka

Northwest Mande
(Samogo–Soninke)

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