Malinke

or Ma·lin·ka

[ muh-ling-key, -kee ]

noun

, plural Ma·lin·kes, (especially collectively) Ma·lin·ke

1. a member of an agricultural people living in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, and Ivory Coast.
2. the Mande language of the Malinke people.

Malinke

/ məˈlɪŋkɪ /

noun

1. -ke-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
2. the language of this people, belonging to the Mande branch of the Niger-Congo family

Example Sentences

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

From BBC

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

From New York Times

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

From Reuters

Ethnic riots between Malinke and Peul broke out in 2012.

From Reuters

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.

From Reuters