Maninkakan, Eastern

• Alternate names: Eastern Malinke, Kankan Maninka, Malinké, Mande, Maninka, Southern Maninka Also: in Liberia -- Eastern Malinke, Kankan Mininka; in Sierra Leone -- Eastern Malinke, Kankan Maninka, Madingo, Malinké, Mande, Mandingo, Maninka, Maninka-Mori, Southern Malinke
• Scriptures published: New Testament (1932--1966) Portions (1931--1964)
• Literacy: No information available.
• Primary country: Guinea
• Region: Widespread in Kankan and northern Faranah regions, except Siguiri prefecture. All urban areas in Guinea
• Also used in: Liberia, Mali, Sierra Leone
• Religion: Muslim
• Status: De facto language of national identity in Guinea
• Number of users: 3,531,800 (3,000,000; 33,800 in Liberia (1991); 108,000 in Sierra Leone (2006))

(data from Ethnologue and other sources)

Scripture

• Forum of Bible Agencies International: Find a Bible in Maninkakan, Eastern
• World Bibles: all known Scripture available in Maninkakan, Eastern on the web
• Joshua Project: Maninkakan, Eastern — facts and resources

Other

• ScriptSource: writing systems of the world
• Ethnologue entry for Maninkakan, Eastern — detailed linguistic information.
• Survey Reports at sil.org:
  • A preliminary report of existing information on the Manding languages of West Africa: summary and suggestions for future research
  • Maninka Sentence Repetition Test survey report: an investigation into the degree of bilingualism proficiency between Maninka of Kankan and Malinké, Kuranko, Sankaran, konyanka as well as other dialects of Maninka