Malinke speaking countries
Malinke is no official language in any country, but is spoken as a mother tongue in seven countries by a minor part of the population.With 3.14 million native speakers, Malinke has the highest prevalence in Guinea. As a percentage of the total population, the largest share of around 32 percent is in the Gambia. A total of about 9.4 million people worldwide speak Malinke as their mother tongue.
| Country | Region | Official language | Distribution | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guinea | Western Africa | no | 23.2 % | 3,139,000 |
| Ivory Coast | Western Africa | no | 11.4 % | 3,133,000 |
| Mali | Western Africa | no | 5.6 % | 1,227,000 |
| Gambia | Western Africa | no | 32.1 % | 847,000 |
| Senegal | Western Africa | no | 3.8 % | 641,000 |
| Liberia | Western Africa | no | 5.1 % | 265,000 |
| Guinea-Bissau | Western Africa | no | 6.9 % | 142,000 |
Unless otherwise described in the text, this page is about native speakers — not the total number of speakers. How many people understand or speak Malinke as a subsequently learned language is not the subject of this page. Countries where native speakers make up only a few thousand, or even a few hundred people, or countries with a percentage well below 1% are unlikely to be listed here.