Kita Maninka language

Not to be confused with Kagoro language (Nigeria).

Kita Maninkakan, or Central Malinke, is a Manding language spoken by about a million people in Mali, where it is a national language. About 10% are ethnically Fula.

Kita Maninkakan
Central Malinke
Native to	Mali
Ethnicity	Mandinka
Native speakers	449,000 (2001-2014)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo ? Mande Western Manding Manding West Manding Kita Maninkakan
Official status
Recognised minority language in	Mali
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: mwk – Kita Maninka xkg – Kagoro
Glottolog	kita1248
ELP	Kagoro

The Kagoro variety is 86% lexically similar according to Ethnologue, and is being replaced by Bambara.