Mande

[ mahn-dey ]

noun

1. a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, spoken in western Africa and including Mende, Malinke, Bambara, and Kpelle.
2. a member of any of the peoples who speak these languages.

Mande

/ ˈmɑːndeɪ /

noun

1. a group of African languages, a branch of the Niger-Congo family, spoken chiefly in Mali, Guinea, and Sierra Leone

adjective

1. of or relating to this group of languages

Example Sentences

The Mande linguistic group…is believed to have entered the area from the northern savannas in the 15th century.

From The Daily Beast

Voyez l'efficace du sacrement: le lendemain matin, il mande M. de Biancourt et moy, et de nouveau il recommence sa harangue.

From Project Gutenberg

It seems to be derived from the racial name Mande, coupled with the suffix nka or nke, meaning “people,” the people of Mande.

From Project Gutenberg

It is seemingly a corruption of a term applied to an important section of this group, the Mande-nka or Mande-nga.

From Project Gutenberg

Binger states that the manati was the totem of the Mande group, to which perhaps belonged originally the Susu and the Dyula.

From Project Gutenberg

Me bium kiacke kuremangrender pene aper mande, buten tschingerde buten trinen marde te man, tshimaster apri butin tshidde.

From Project Gutenberg