Kakabe

KKE

threatened

Alternate Names: Fulajon Kan, Fulajonkan, Jon Kule, Ourekabakan

Dialects: Kankalabe Kakabe, Kuru-Maninka, Sokotoro Kakabe, Wure-Maninka. Reportedly similar to Mogofin ,, but 250 km apart. Lexically similarity: 50% with Eastern Maninkakan ,, 58% with Mogofin , (2002 D. Rainwater).

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Mande
Western
Central-Southwestern
Central
Manding-Jogo
Manding-Vai
Manding-Mokole
Mokole

Demographics: 10,000 (2012 V. Vydrin). Ethnic population: 50,000 (2012 V. Vydrin).

Language Use: The language is being abandoned by the younger generation in most of the area, with the exception of the Kankalabe subprefecture. Also use Eastern Maninkakan [emk], Pular [fuf].

Language Development: Some are literate in Pular (Arabic script) or French [fra].

Nation of Origin: Guinea

Other Comments: Ethnically separate from Eastern Maninkakan ,. Muslim.