Banka language

{{Short description|Mande language of Mali}}

{{distinguish|Bangka language}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Banka

|nativename=Bankagooma

|region=Mali

|speakers=6,000

|date=2007

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam1=Niger–Congo

|fam2=Mande

|fam3=Western

|fam4=Northwestern

|fam5=Samogo

|iso3=bxw

|glotto=bank1258

|glottorefname=Bankagooma

}}

Banka, or Bankagooma, is a minor Mande language of Mali. There is a reasonable degree of mutual intelligibility with Duun.