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name
The language spoken by these people, of the Mandé group of the Niger-Congo language family.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A member of a particular people of West Africa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From Mandinka Mandinka (“someone from Mande”), from Mandiŋ (“Mande”) + -ka (“inhabitant suffix”).
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
