- A branch of the Niger-Congo language family, spoken in the upper Niger River valley.
- A member of a Mande-speaking people.
[Mandingo mandi, mande, diminutive of ma, mother.]
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n., pl. Mande or -des.
Columbia Encyclopedia:
Mande
(män'dā) , language group, W Africa, including the Malinke, Dyula, Marka, Mende, Bambara, and Soninke subgroups. The Mande-speakers today number about 3 million and live mainly in Senegal, Mali, Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. Their societies are patrilineal, and most practice sedentary agriculture and profess Islam. The Mande probably originated in the region of the upper Niger River, and they formed numerous states based on trade. The Soninke founded the ancient empire of Ghana (7th–13th cent.), and the Malinke established the empire of Mali (13th–16th cent.). Mande traders were important in spreading Islam in W Africa.
WordNet:
Mande
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
a group of African languages in the Niger-Congo group spoken from Senegal east as far as the Ivory Coast
Mande refers to:
- the Mandé people of western Africa
- the Mande or Mandinka people of western Africa
- any of the Mande languages
- the Mande or Mandinka language
- Mande, river in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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