Ethnic groups in Indonesia a significant number, particularly in Papua, speak Papuan languages. Chinese Indonesians population makes up a little less than 1% of the total Indonesian population according to the 2000 census. Some of these Indonesians of Chinese descent speak various Chinese dialects, most notably Hokkien and Hakka. The classification of ethnic groups in Indonesia is not rigid and in some cases unclear due to migrations, cultural and linguistic influences; for example some may consider Bantenese and Cirebonese to be members of the Javanese people; however, some others argue that they are different ethnic groups altogether since they have their own distinct dialects.
Mandinka people in novelistic form. Mandinka people The Mandinka or Malinke (also known as Maninka, Manding, Mandingo, Mandenka and Mandinko) are a West African ethnic group with an estimated global population of 11 million (the other three largest ethnic groups in Africa being the unrelated Fula, Hausa and Songhai peoples). The Mandinka are one ethnic group within the larger linguistic family of the Mandé peoples, who account for more than 80 million people. (Other Mande peoples include the Soninke, Dyula, Bozo, Bissa and Bambara). The Mandinka are the descendants of the Mali Empire, which rose to power in the 13th century under