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Malinke
or Ma·lin·ka
[ muh-ling-key, -kee ]
noun
, plural Ma·lin·kes, (especially collectively) Ma·lin·ke
- a member of an agricultural people living in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, and Ivory Coast.
- the Mande language of the Malinke people.
Malinke
/ məˈlɪŋkɪ /
noun
- -ke-kes a member of a Negroid people of W Africa, living chiefly in Guinea and Mali, noted for their use of cowry shells as currency
- the language of this people, belonging to the Mande branch of the Niger-Congo family
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