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Mande

American  
[mahn-dey] / ˈmɑn deɪ /

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 British  
/ ˈmɑːndeɪ /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of or relating to this group of languages

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2025

"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.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2025

The hat is among several apparel up for bid, from a Veronica Mars Neptune High varsity jacket to a custom-embroidered WGA baseball hat by comedian Joe Mande.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 27, 2023

During the 1220s, the Sosso army made raids on the Malinke-speaking Mande people to the south and then attacked the northern Soninke of Ghana, sacking their capital in about 1224.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

The Carib yuli "smoke," is found in Carib and Arawak, side by side with derivatives of Mande tama, tawa, which are also in the Algonkian languages.

From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 by Various

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