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The Jakhanke -- also spelled Jahanka, Jahanke, Jahanque, Jahonque, Diakkanke, Diakhanga, Diakhango, Dyakanke, Diakhanké, Diakanké, or Diakhankesare -- are a Manding-speaking ethnic group in the Senegambia region, often classified as a subgroup of the larger Soninke. The Jakhanke have historically constituted a specialized caste of professional Muslim clerics (ulema) and educators. They are centered on one larger group in Guinea, with smaller populations in the eastern region of The Gambia, Senegal, and in Mali near the Guinean border. Although generally considered a branch of the Soninke (also known as Serahule, Serakhulle or Sarakollé), their language is closer to Western Manding languages such as Mandinka.

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  • The Jakhanke -- also spelled Jahanka, Jahanke, Jahanque, Jahonque, Diakkanke, Diakhanga, Diakhango, Dyakanke, Diakhanké, Diakanké, or Diakhankesare -- are a Manding-speaking ethnic group in the Senegambia region, often classified as a subgroup of the larger Soninke. The Jakhanke have historically constituted a specialized caste of professional Muslim clerics (ulema) and educators. They are centered on one larger group in Guinea, with smaller populations in the eastern region of The Gambia, Senegal, and in Mali near the Guinean border. Although generally considered a branch of the Soninke (also known as Serahule, Serakhulle or Sarakollé), their language is closer to Western Manding languages such as Mandinka. Since the fifteenth century the Jakhanke clerical communities have constituted an integral part of the region and have exercised a high level of economic and religious influence upon Soninke as well as related Manding-speaking communities (such as the Dyula and Mandinka) in what is now Mali, Guinea, Senegal, and The Gambia. The endogamous Jakhanke clerics were influential in the diffusion of Islam among the Manding people in West Africa. While originally a religious caste of the Sarakollé, the Jakhanke later facilitated the trans-Saharan trade routes as merchants, such as in coastal rice and slaves, from the Guinea and Gambian coasts to the interior from at least the 17th century. In this way they are often compared with the Dyula, who formed a trade diaspora from the heartlands of the Mali Empire to the coast of what is today Côte d'Ivoire. (en)
  • Les Diakhankés (ou Jahanke, Jahanka, Diakanké, Diakhankes ou Jakhankes) sont un peuple de l'Afrique de l'ouest, présent au Sénégal et en Guinée mais aussi au Mali et en Gambie, et comportant d'importantes communautés aujourd'hui fondues dans les communautés du nord de la Côte d'Ivoire, du Burkina Faso et du Ghana. Ils sont originairement issus de Clans Soninkés et s'apparentent par métissages multiséculaires au groupe ethnique Mandingues. (fr)
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  • ( Diakhanke ) (en)
  • ( Jahanka ) (en)
  • Jakhanke (en)
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  • Mandé peoples, especially: Soninke people, Mandinka people, Yalunka people, Dyula people, Bambara people, Bozo people (en)
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  • Les Diakhankés (ou Jahanke, Jahanka, Diakanké, Diakhankes ou Jakhankes) sont un peuple de l'Afrique de l'ouest, présent au Sénégal et en Guinée mais aussi au Mali et en Gambie, et comportant d'importantes communautés aujourd'hui fondues dans les communautés du nord de la Côte d'Ivoire, du Burkina Faso et du Ghana. Ils sont originairement issus de Clans Soninkés et s'apparentent par métissages multiséculaires au groupe ethnique Mandingues. (fr)
  • The Jakhanke -- also spelled Jahanka, Jahanke, Jahanque, Jahonque, Diakkanke, Diakhanga, Diakhango, Dyakanke, Diakhanké, Diakanké, or Diakhankesare -- are a Manding-speaking ethnic group in the Senegambia region, often classified as a subgroup of the larger Soninke. The Jakhanke have historically constituted a specialized caste of professional Muslim clerics (ulema) and educators. They are centered on one larger group in Guinea, with smaller populations in the eastern region of The Gambia, Senegal, and in Mali near the Guinean border. Although generally considered a branch of the Soninke (also known as Serahule, Serakhulle or Sarakollé), their language is closer to Western Manding languages such as Mandinka. (en)
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  • Diakhankés (fr)
  • Jakhanke (en)
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