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Minyanka language

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Senufo language spoken in Mali

Minyaka
Mamara
Native to	Mali
Native speakers	(740,000 cited 2000)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Senufo Suppire–Mamara Minyaka
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`myk`
Glottolog	`mama1271`
Map showing where Mamara is spoken.

Minyanka (also known asMamara,Miniyanka,Minya,Mianka,Minianka, orTupiire) is a northernSenufo language spoken by about 750,000 people in southeasternMali. It is closely related toSupyire. Minyanka is one of thenational languages of Mali.

Phonology

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Consonants

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		Labial			Alveolar	Palatal	Velar		Labio- velar	Pharyn- geal	Glottal
		plain	lab.	pal.	Alveolar	Palatal	plain	pal.	Labio- velar	Pharyn- geal	Glottal
Nasal		m	mʷ	mʲ	n	ɲ	ŋ		ŋ͡m
Plosive	voiceless	p	pʷ	pʲ	t	c	k	kʲ	k͡p		ʔ
	voiced	b	bʷ		d	ɟ	ɡ	ɡʲ	ɡ͡b
	prenasal	ᵐb			ⁿd	ᶮɟ	ᵑɡ
Fricative	voiceless	f	fʷ	fʲ	s	ʃ					(h)
Fricative	voiced	v			z	ʒ				(ʕ)	(ɦ)
Rhotic					r
Approximant					l	j	w	wʲ

A pharyngeal fricative [ʕ] is also typically heard when in between vowels, or as an allophone of /ɡ/ when in intervocalic position.
Glottal sounds [h, ɦ] are only heard in the Bla dialect, instead of labio-velar sounds /k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m/.^[2]
Sounds /k, ɡ/ can also be heard as fricatives [x, ɣ] when in intervocalic positions.^[3]

Vowels

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	Front	Central	Back
Close	iĩ		uũ
Close-mid	e	ə	o
Open-mid	ɛɛ̃	ə	ɔɔ̃
Open		aã

/u/ can also be heard as [y] when in the position of /j/.
/o/ can also be heard as [œ] when before a glottal /ʔ/.

References

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^Minyaka atEthnologue (18th ed., 2015)(subscription required)
^Coulibaly, Sékou (2020).Le minyanka parlé dans le cercle de Bla: une description phonologique et morphosyntaxique. Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris III.
^Prost, André (1964).Le Mambar. In Prost, André (ed.), Contribution à l'étude des langues voltaïques: Dakar: Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire, Université de Dakar. pp. 123–183.

External links

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Minyanka-French-Bambara-English Dictionary to view online or download, from the Association for the Promotion of the Mamara language, Koutiala, Mali.
Resources in Mamara fromSIL Mali
PanAfrican L10n page on Suppire/Minianka

Languages of Mali

Official languages

Working language

French

Indigenous
languages

Niger–Congo

Dogon	Ampari Ana Bankan Tey Ben Tey Bondum Budu Duleri Jamsai Mombo Nanga Penange Tebul Tommo So Western Plains Yanda
Other	Dyula Fula Maninka (N'Ko) Mooré Pulaar Siamou Soninke Supyire Yalunka

Nilo-Saharan

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Bangime

Sign languages

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Central Gur

Oti–Volta

Eastern	Berba Mbelime Tammari Waama
Western	Birifor Dagaare Dagbani Frafra Hanga Kamara Kantosi Kusasi Mamprusi Mooré Nabit Notre Safaliba Talni Wali
Gurma	Gourmanché Konkomba Moba Nateni Ngangam Ntcham
Other	Buli Konni Nawdm Yom

Bwa

Gurunsi

Eastern	Bago-Kusuntu Chala Delo Kabiyé Lama Lukpa Tem
Northern	Kalamsé Kasena Lyélé Nuni Pana
Western	Chakali Deg Paasaal Phuie Sisaala Tamprusi Vagla Winye