snkTechnical information about ISO 639 language code snk
The table below provides technical details for the Soninke language, designated by the snk code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
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| Standard | |
| Name | Soninke |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Western SoninkeCentral SoninkeEastern Soninke |
| Related languages | BambaraMandinkaDyulaKhassonkeSusu |
| Key facts | Believed to have been the prestige language of the medieval Ghana (Wagadou) EmpireWritten in both a Latin‐based orthography and an Arabic Ajami scriptDistinguishes vowel length and nasalisation phonemically, yielding minimal pairsHas a two-level tonal system, though tones are usually not writtenMaintained by large diaspora networks that span West Africa and Europe. |
| Sample phrase | Héere, tananté? |
| Character encodings | |
| Supported in Localizely |
The Soninke language, identified by the code snk, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.
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