Kita Maninka language should not be confused with Kagoro language (Nigeria).
| Kita Maninkakan | |
| Nativename: | Central Malinke |
| States: | Mali |
| Ethnicity: | Mandinka |
| Speakers: | 449,000 |
| Date: | 2001-2014 |
| Ref: | e25 |
| Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
| Fam1: | Niger–Congo ? |
| Fam2: | Mande |
| Fam3: | Western Manding |
| Fam4: | Manding |
| Fam5: | West Manding |
| Minority: |  Mali |
| Lc1: | mwk |
| Ld1: | Kita Maninka |
| Lc2: | xkg |
| Ld2: | Kagoro |
| Glotto: | kita1248 |
| Glottorefname: | Kita–Kagoro |
| Elp: | 3250 |
| Elpname: | Kagoro |
Kita Maninkakan, or Central Malinke, is a Manding language spoken by about a million people in Mali, where it is a national language. About 10% are ethnically Fula.
The Kagoro variety is 86% lexically similar according to Ethnologue, and is being replaced by Bambara.