Malinke

or Ma·lin·ka

[ muh-ling-key, -kee ]
/ məˈlɪŋ keɪ, -ki /

noun, plural Ma·lin·kes, (especially collectively) Ma·lin·ke for 1.

a member of an agricultural people living in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, and Ivory Coast.
the Mande language of the Malinke people.
Also called Mandingo, Mandinka.

British Dictionary definitions for malinke

Malinke

Maninke

/ (məˈlɪŋkɪ) /

noun

plural -ke or -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