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