Mande

Man·de

 (män′dā′)

n. pl. Mande or Man·des

1. A branch of the Niger-Congo language family, spoken in the upper Niger River valley.

2. A member of a Mande-speaking people. In both senses also called Mandingo.

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[Ultimately from Mandiŋ, Mandeŋ, Mandẽ, the traditional name for the Mande homeland in various Mande languages.]

Mande

(ˈmɑːndeɪ)

n, pl -de or -des

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

adj

(Languages) of or relating to this group of languages

Man•de

(ˈmɑn deɪ)

n., pl. -des, (esp. collectively) -de.

1. a language family of W Africa, a branch of the Niger-Congo family, primarily spoken in Mali, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and the Ivory Coast.

2. a member of any of the peoples who speak these languages.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Mande - a group of African languages in the Niger-Congo group spoken from Senegal east as far as the Ivory Coast Niger-Congo - a family of African language spoken in west Africa