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.
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