Definitions for Mande

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Mande Man·de

Spelling: [mahn-dey]

IPA: /ˈmɑn deɪ/

Mande is a 5 letter English word.

You can make 85 anagrams from letters in Mande (ademn).

Definitions for Mande

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.

Examples for Mande

In "Cacique Caonabo," we have three Mande words in juxtaposition.

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.

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