malinke

noun, plural Ma·lin·kes, (especially collectively) Ma·lin·ke 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.

noun

1. plural -ke or -kes a member of a Negroid people of W Africa, living chiefly in Guinea and Mali, noted for their use of cowry shells as currency
2. the language of this people, belonging to the Mande branch of the Niger-Congo family