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Get to know Maninka better with 2 real example sentences, the meaning.

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Maninka in a sentence

Maninka meaning

A group of several closely related languages and dialects of the southeastern Manding subgroup of the Mande branch of the Niger-Congo languages. It is the mother tongue of the Malinké people.

Using Maninka

  • The main meaning on this page is: A group of several closely related languages and dialects of the southeastern Manding subgroup of the Mande branch of the Niger-Congo languages. It is the mother tongue of the Malinké people.

Context around Maninka

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

alphabet 1×

Sentence patterns with Maninka

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

as a maninka alphabet and 1× of the maninka and mandinka 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

bibliography eric charry 1× n ko came 1×

Common sentence endings:

chicago press 2000 1× of west africa 1×

Words around Maninka

Just before it in the word index:

manini 4 maninder 10 maninagar 3 manina 2 manin 2 manimaran 3

Just after it in the word index:

manioc 9 manion 9 maniototo 5 maniots 3 manipal 21 maniples 5

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 4 aacr 4 aacsb 4 aadar 4 aadk 4 aadujeevitham 4

Corpus analysis for Maninka

  • In this selection, "maninka" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, alphabet stand out and add context to how "maninka" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include as a maninka alphabet and and of the maninka and mandinka. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "maninka" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with maninka

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Bibliography * Eric Charry, Mande Music : Traditional and Modern Music of the Maninka and Mandinka of Western Africa, University of Chicago Press, 2000. (22 words)

N'ko came first into use in Kankan, Guinea as a Maninka alphabet and disseminated from there into other Manding-speaking parts of West Africa. (25 words)

Longer example sentences

N'ko came first into use in Kankan, Guinea as a Maninka alphabet and disseminated from there into other Manding-speaking parts of West Africa. (25 words)

Bibliography * Eric Charry, Mande Music : Traditional and Modern Music of the Maninka and Mandinka of Western Africa, University of Chicago Press, 2000. (22 words)

Example sentences (2)

Bibliography * Eric Charry, Mande Music : Traditional and Modern Music of the Maninka and Mandinka of Western Africa, University of Chicago Press, 2000.

N'ko came first into use in Kankan, Guinea as a Maninka alphabet and disseminated from there into other Manding-speaking parts of West Africa.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "maninka" in a sentence?
An example: "Bibliography * Eric Charry, Mande Music : Traditional and Modern Music of the Maninka and Mandinka of Western Africa, University of Chicago Press, 2000." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "maninka" from authentic English texts.
What does "maninka" mean?
Maninka means: A group of several closely related languages and dialects of the southeastern Manding subgroup of the Mande branch of the Niger-Congo languages. It is the mother tongue of the Malinké people.
How many example sentences with "maninka" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "maninka", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.