Marka language

Marka
Native to	Burkina Faso
Native speakers	unknown (ca. 230,000 cited 1991–1992)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Mande Western Mande ... Manding East Manding Marka
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`rkm`
Glottolog	`mark1256`^[2]

Marka is a language of West Africa.

References

↑ Marka at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Marka". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Languages of Burkina Faso

Official language

French

Regional languages

Indigenous
languages

Mande	Bissa Bobo Dyula Kpee Marka Samo

Gur	Birifor Bomu Buamu Bwa Cerma Cwi Bwamu Dagaare Gourmanché Gurunsi Kasena Láá Láá Bwamu Puguli

Senufo	Karaboro Nanerigé Sucite Syer-Tenyer

Wara–Natyoro	Natioro Paleni Samwe

Other	Fula Hausa Humburi Senni Siamou Tamasheq Western Plains Dogon

Mande languages

East Mande
(Dan–Busa)

Southeast	Beng Dan Gban Goo Guro Mano Mwa Tura Wan Yaure

Bisa–Busa	Bissa Boko Busa Tyenga Samo Shanga

Central West Mande
(Manding–Kpelle)

Jogo languages	Ligbi Tonjon

Manding languages	Bambara Bolon Dyula Jahanka Kassonke Mandinka Maninka Kita Marka Sininkere

Mokole languages	Kakabe Kuranko Lele Mixifore

Southwest Mande	Bandi Kpelle Loko Loma Mende Zialo

Other Central	Jeri Kono Susu Vai Yalunka

Northwest Mande
(Samogo–Soninke)

Samogo languages	Banka Duun Seenku

Other Northwest	Bobo Bozo Jowulu Soninke

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