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Sankaran Autonyms
Sankaran Maninka
Summary
Sankaran Maninka is an endangered indigenous language of Guinea. It belongs to the Niger-Congo language family and is part of the Mandingo macrolanguage. The language is used as a first language by some people in every generation of the ethnic community. It is not known to be taught in schools.
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It belongs to the Niger-Congo language family.
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