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Suppire–Mamara Languages
The Suppire–Mamara languages form the northern branch of the Senufo languages, Senufo language family and are mainly spoken in Mali. They comprise five different languages, totalling approximately 750,000 speakers (Olson 1996). The Northern Senufo languages are separated from the Central Senufo languages by a small band of Mande languages, Mande speaking people (the Duun language, Duun). To the east and west, they are also bordered mainly by Mande languages like Bambara language, Bambara and Dioula language, Dioula, and they have been influenced considerably by those languages in both vocabulary and grammar (Carlson 1994). The Suppire–Mamara languages are: *Mamara language, Mamara (Minyanka, Mianka) *Nanerige language, Nanerige (Nanergé) *Supyire language, Supyire (Suppire) *Sucite language, Sucite (Sicite, Sìcìté) *Shempire language, Shempire (Syempire) See also *Senufo languages *:File:Senufo languages.png, Map of the Senufo language area Footnotes References * C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mali
Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is the List of African countries by area, eighth-largest country in Africa, with an area of over . The country is bordered to the north by Algeria, to the east by Niger, to the northwest by Mauritania, to the south by Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast, and to the west by Guinea and Senegal. The population of Mali is about 23.29 million, 47.19% of which are estimated to be under the age of 15 in 2024. Its Capital city, capital and largest city is Bamako. The country has 13 official languages, of which Bambara language, Bambara is the most commonly spoken. The sovereign state's northern borders reach deep into the middle of the Sahara, Sahara Desert. The country's southern part, where the majority of inhabitants live, is in the Sudanian savanna and has the Niger River, Niger and Senegal River, Senegal rivers running through it. The country's economy centres on agriculture and mining with its most promine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |