Mandinka comes to Britain chiefly through the Gambian community, with around 36,000 Gambia-born residents in the UK, alongside speakers from Senegal and Guinea-Bissau. It is one of the main languages of the Gambia, and as it is largely a spoken language, our Mandinka work is mostly interpreting: supporting Home Office interviews, asylum and immigration tribunal hearings, and NHS or court appointments where a speaker prefers their first language. Written material is usually handled in English or French, the official languages of the region. Mandinka has roughly 2.1 million native speakers across the Gambia, Senegal and Guinea-Bissau, where there is comparatively little dialect variation.
Prism Linguistics provides Mandinka translation, interpreting and transcription across the UK in 300+ languages. Whether you need a certified document for the Home Office, a court interpreter, an NHS appointment or a business meeting, our vetted native-speaker linguists are ready to help.
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