Mande

E166201
branch of Niger-Congo languages language family

Mande is a major branch of the Niger-Congo language family comprising numerous related languages spoken across West Africa, particularly in countries like Mali, Guinea, and Sierra Leone.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Mande canonical 10
Malinké 3
Malinke 2

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of Niger-Congo languages ⓘ
language family ⓘ
hasApproximateSpeakers tens of millions ⓘ
hasEthnolinguisticGroup Mande peoples ⓘ
hasLanguage Bamanankan ⓘ
Bambara ⓘ
Bobo ⓘ
Bobo–Bozo languages ⓘ
Bozo ⓘ
Mande languages ⓘ
surface form: Central Mande languages

Dan ⓘ
Dyula ⓘ
Eastern Mande languages ⓘ
Jahanka ⓘ
Jalonke ⓘ
Jula ⓘ
Kono ⓘ
Kpelle ⓘ
Loko ⓘ
Loma ⓘ
Mande self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Malinke

Manding languages ⓘ
Mandinka ⓘ
Maninka ⓘ
Mano ⓘ
Mende ⓘ
Samogo languages ⓘ
Soninke people ⓘ
surface form: Soninke

Southwestern Mande languages ⓘ
Susu ⓘ
Susu–Yalunka languages ⓘ
Tura ⓘ
Vai ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature predominantly SOV word order ⓘ
rich aspectual verbal systems ⓘ
tone languages ⓘ
hasRegion West Africa ⓘ
hasSubgroup Eastern Mande ⓘ
Mande languages ⓘ
surface form: Western Mande
hasWritingSystem Arabic alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Arabic script

Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Vai syllabary ⓘ
partOf Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form: Niger-Congo language family
spokenIn Burkina Faso ⓘ
Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ
surface form: Côte d’Ivoire

Ghana ⓘ
Guinea ⓘ
Guinea-Bissau ⓘ
Liberia ⓘ
Mali ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
Senegal ⓘ
Sierra Leone ⓘ
The Gambia ⓘ
subclassOf West African language family ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bambara → languageFamily → Mande ⓘ
Mande languages → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Mande ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mande peoples
Mandinka people → ethnonym → Mande ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malinke
Mandinka people → partOf → Mande ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mande peoples
Mande → hasLanguage → Mande self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malinke
Dioula → languageFamily → Mande ⓘ
French Guinea → ethnicGroups → Mande ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malinké
Upper Guinea → majorEthnicGroup → Mande ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malinké
Jula → languageFamily → Mande ⓘ
Loma → languageFamily → Mande ⓘ
Toma → languageFamily → Mande ⓘ
Bobo → languageFamily → Mande ⓘ
Jahanka → languageFamily → Mande ⓘ
Kono → languageFamily → Mande ⓘ
Loko → languageFamily → Mande ⓘ
Sosso state → associatedWith → Mande ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mande world
Niani → culturalRegion → Mande ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mande world
Maninka → hasAlternativeName → Mande ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malinké
Maninka → hasLanguageFamily → Mande ⓘ