Mande
[ mahn-dey ]
/ ˈmɑn deɪ /
noun
a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, spoken in western Africa and including Mende, Malinke, Bambara, and Kpelle.
a member of any of the peoples who speak these languages.
Also called Mandingo.
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Examples from the Web for mande
The Mande linguistic group…is believed to have entered the area from the northern savannas in the 15th century.
Binger states that the manati was the totem of the Mande group, to which perhaps belonged originally the Susu and the Dyula.
It seems to be derived from the racial name Mande, coupled with the suffix nka or nke, meaning “people,” the people of Mande.
In "Cacique Caonabo," we have three Mande words in juxtaposition.
British Dictionary definitions for mande
Mande
/ (ˈmɑːndeɪ) /
noun plural -de or -des
a group of African languages, a branch of the Niger-Congo family, spoken chiefly in Mali, Guinea, and Sierra Leone
adjective
of or relating to this group of languages
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