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Malinke|məˈlɪŋkeɪ|
The name of a people of western Africa and their language. Also attrib. or as adj. Cf. Mandinka n. and a.
1883Encycl. Brit. XV. 475/2 Mandingoes, otherwise known as Wangawara, Malinkes, or Wakore..are one of the most widely distributed and important peoples of Western Africa to the north of the equator. 1911F. W. H. Migeod Lang. W. Afr. I. i. 33 Among the tribes whose languages furnish evidence of the extent of Mandingo influence are the Malinke, Bambara, Susu, [etc.]. Ibid. viii. 202 Malinke, Susu, and Soninke take suffixes to the verb. 1913Ibid. II. xxi. 332 The Malinke held in the past a less leading position than many other branches of the Mandingos. 1950D. Jones Phoneme xxviii. 206 Variphones consisting of r-like and l-like sounds would also appear to occur in some languages of Africa, for instance, in Bambara and Malinke. 1970P. Oliver Savannah Syncopators 106 Lobi and Malinke xylophones. Ibid. 112 Malinke, extensively distributed tribe occupying large areas of Senegal, Guinea and western Ivory Coast. 1970Western Folklore XXIX. 241 Among the Kissi and Malinké of Liberia..banga has the specialized meaning of a children's instrument of several strings. |