ATLAS OF LANGUAGE

Africa · ISO 639-3 jad · Glottocode jaha1245

Jahanka

Jahanka brings into view a member of the Mande family with not endangered status in Africa, with Arabic recorded as the likely script.

Language family
Mande
Likely script
Arabic (Arab)
Source status
not endangered
Macroarea
Africa
Source country codes
GN · ML
Reference point
12.586, -12.144

Open research question

Which text collections and community-authorised descriptions establish when and how Arabic is actually used for Jahanka?

This question is an assignment for later subject and community-proximate source review, not a claim about a uniform cultural worldview.

Scholarly boundary

The map point is a Glottolog reference point, not a language-area boundary. The script field is a likely Unicode CLDR assignment, not a complete history of orthography. Information on endangerment and countries follows the linked source data and does not replace current local assessment.