Alternate Names: Diakhanke, Diakkanke, Dyakanke, Jahanque, Jahonque, Jaxanka
Dialects: Jahanka in Gambia may be same language, or a dialect of Western Maninkakan ,. Jahanka in Senegal and Guinea-Bissau is a dialect of Western Maninkakan ,. Lexical similarity: 75% with Mandinka ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 29,000 in Guinea (1999 G. Gumbs). Population total all countries: 29,500.
Writing System: Arabic
Nation of Origin: Guinea
Other Comments: Reportedly came from Mali in 18th century and trace their origins to Soninke ,, but now speak a separate language. Muslim.