Malinke

Or �Ѳ�·��·�첹

[muh-ling-key, -kee]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

plural

Malinkes ,

plural

Malinke .

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

/ ��əˈ��ɪŋ��ɪ /

noun

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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That book was 1976's Heremakhonon, which means "waiting for happiness" in the the west African Malinke language.

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Mr. Condé, in a 2018 interview, lavished praise on the young officer — a fellow member of the Malinke tribe.

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Local media reports say he is an ethnic Malinke, like Conde, and comes from the eastern Kankan Region.

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Ethnic riots between Malinke and Peul broke out in 2012.

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The lead-up to the election last October was then marred by sporadic violence between members of Conde’s Malinke ethnic group and his main rival Cellou Dalein Diallo’s Peul.

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malingering Malinovsky

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