Soninke speaking countries
Soninke is no official language in any country, but is spoken as a mother tongue in three countries by a minor part of the population.With 219,397 native speakers, Soninke has the highest prevalence in Senegal. As a percentage of the total population, the largest share of around 8 percent is in the Gambia. A total of about 544,635.0 people worldwide speak Soninke as their mother tongue.
| Country | Region | Official language | Distribution | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | Western Africa | no | 1.3 % | 219,000 |
| Gambia | Western Africa | no | 7.6 % | 201,000 |
| Mauritania | Western Africa | no | 2.7 % | 125,000 |
Unless otherwise described in the text, this page is about native speakers — not the total number of speakers. How many people understand or speak Soninke 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.