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

Mande David Kapcheronge, a local leader, has told the BBC that the rescue teams are using rudimentary tools to dig up heaps of mud in the recovery.

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"At a high level, I'm optimistic but you still need to come up with the right answers, and those answers can only be found through science," says Prof Mande.

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Mande said that the FDA has not historically excelled at transparency, and he is concerned that recent cuts to the agency’s communications staff will make matters worse.

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The man behind the technique, Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre, claimed to have invented photography in France in 1839.

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For Monga Mande, football represented an opportunity to get in shape.

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