Talk:Malinké

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This page was proposed for deletion by Aptenodytes (talk · contribs) on 16 January 2010 with the comment:
It has been covered as Mandinka_people. Mandinka is synonymous with Malinke. See talk page.
It was contested by Cnilep (talk · contribs) on 2010-01-18 with the comment:
Merged to Mandinka people.

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This article could use a lot of rewriting, as part of a general reworking of articles on Mande, Manding, and their languages.A12n 17:48, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I am about to mark this page for deletion (if I can work out how to do that). This article is obsolete as it is already covered with the Mandinka_people page. Malinké is synonymous with Mandingue, Mandinka, Mandingo, Maninka. Confirmation:-

1) French Malinke Wikipedia page Note synonyms.

2) No page I have found refers to both Malinke AND Mandinka or any combination of the other synonyms I mentioned above making up the population of any West African country.

3) Populations of Malinke on this page roughly coincide with populations on the Mandinka_people page (although there are some significant discrepancies, I would trust the Mandinka figures are they have references).

4) Demography_of_Guinea (using CIA World Factbook figures) shows 30% of Guinea is Malinke (about 3 million people), which coincides with the 3 million Mandinka shown on the Mandinka_people page.

5) CIA World Factbook appear to use "Malinke" in Francophone countries and "Mandinka" in Anglophone countries.

I suggest deleting this page and make a redirect to Mandinka_people. Aptenodytes (talk) 01:40, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Just adding some more references:-

Encyclopedia Britannica article on Malinke. Note the synonyms.

Countries and their Cultures Again note the alternative names for Malinke. Aptenodytes (talk) 03:39, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]