- 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.]
Mande
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Man·de (män'dā')  |
n., pl., Mande, or -des.
| Columbia Encyclopedia: Mande |
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
| Wikipedia: Mande |
Mande may refer to:
- Mandé peoples of western Africa
- Mande languages
- Manding, a term covering a subgroup of Mande peoples, and sometimes used for one of them, Mandinka
- Garo people of northeastern India and northern Bangladesh
- Mande (river), in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Mandé, Mali
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