/meuh ling"kay, -kee/ , n. , pl. Malinkes , ( esp. collectively ) Malinke for 1.
1. a member of an agricultural people living in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, and Ivory Coast.
2. the Mande language of the Malinke people.
Also, Malinka /meuh ling"kay, -kee/ . Also called Mandingo, Mandinka .