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Definition of Soninke in English: SoninkenounPlural Soninkes sɒˈniːŋkeɪsäˈnēNGkā 1A member of a West African people living in Mali and Senegal. Example sentencesExamples - Even the Soninke - who practice double descent - have developed a bias toward the patriline.
- Religious wars raged between militant Muslims known as the Marabouts and nonbelievers (known in The Gambia as Soninkes).
- The term ‘Mande’ frequently refers to a group of closely related languages spoken by the Malinke and other west African peoples such as the Bambara, the Soninke, and the Dyula.
- From the 3rd to 7th centuries, the migration of Berber tribes from North Africa displaced the Bafours, the original inhabitants of present-day Mauritania and the ancestors of the Soninke.
- Some slaves were light-skinned, and Mauritania's black ethnic groups such as the Soninkes or Hal-Pulaars also kept slaves.
2mass noun The language of the Soninke, which belongs to the Mande group and has about 1 million speakers. Example sentencesExamples - Black Africans' determination to resist Arabization resulted in the official recognition of Fulani, Soninke, and Wolof as national languages in 1980.
- Mali has fifteen national languages: Bamana, Bobo, Bozo, Dogon, Juula, Fulfulde, Khassonke, Malinke, Maure, Minianka, Senufo, Soninke, Songhai, Tuareg, and Tukulor.
adjective sɒˈniːŋkeɪsäˈnēNGkā Relating to the Soninke or their language. Example sentencesExamples - Embodying the ‘Islamic way of life’, boubous are worn by Hausa, Fulani, and Soninke merchants.
- The Ghana Empire, dominated by the Soninke or Saracolé people and centered in the area along the Malian-Mauritanian frontier, was a powerful trading state from about A.D. 700 to 1075.
Definition of Soninke in US English: SoninkenounsäˈnēNGkā 1A member of a people living in Mali and Senegal. Example sentencesExamples - Even the Soninke - who practice double descent - have developed a bias toward the patriline.
- Some slaves were light-skinned, and Mauritania's black ethnic groups such as the Soninkes or Hal-Pulaars also kept slaves.
- Religious wars raged between militant Muslims known as the Marabouts and nonbelievers (known in The Gambia as Soninkes).
- The term ‘Mande’ frequently refers to a group of closely related languages spoken by the Malinke and other west African peoples such as the Bambara, the Soninke, and the Dyula.
- From the 3rd to 7th centuries, the migration of Berber tribes from North Africa displaced the Bafours, the original inhabitants of present-day Mauritania and the ancestors of the Soninke.
2The Mande language of the Soninke. Example sentencesExamples - Black Africans' determination to resist Arabization resulted in the official recognition of Fulani, Soninke, and Wolof as national languages in 1980.
- Mali has fifteen national languages: Bamana, Bobo, Bozo, Dogon, Juula, Fulfulde, Khassonke, Malinke, Maure, Minianka, Senufo, Soninke, Songhai, Tuareg, and Tukulor.
adjectivesäˈnēNGkā Relating to the Soninke or their language. Example sentencesExamples - Embodying the ‘Islamic way of life’, boubous are worn by Hausa, Fulani, and Soninke merchants.
- The Ghana Empire, dominated by the Soninke or Saracolé people and centered in the area along the Malian-Mauritanian frontier, was a powerful trading state from about A.D. 700 to 1075.
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