Mande languages

E54190
branch of Niger–Congo languages language family

The Mande languages are a branch of West African languages spoken primarily in countries such as Mali, Guinea, and Sierra Leone, known for including major languages like Bambara, Mandinka, and Soninke.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Mande languages canonical 9
Manding languages 4
Soninke 4

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
language family ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup Mande ⓘ
surface form: Mande peoples
geographicDistribution West Africa ⓘ
hasMajorLanguage Bambara ⓘ
Bobo ⓘ
Dan ⓘ
Jahanka ⓘ
Jula ⓘ
Kono ⓘ
Kpelle ⓘ
Loko ⓘ
Loma ⓘ
Mandinka ⓘ
Maninka ⓘ
Mende ⓘ
Mande languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Soninke

Susu ⓘ
Toma ⓘ
Vai ⓘ
hasSubgroup Mande languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Central Mande languages

Eastern Mande languages ⓘ
Southern Mande languages ⓘ
Western Mande languages ⓘ
historicallyAssociatedWith Ghana Empire ⓘ
Mali Empire ⓘ
Songhai Empire ⓘ
linguisticFeature mostly tonal ⓘ
predominantly SOV word order ⓘ
rich aspectual verbal morphology ⓘ
region Sahel ⓘ
Inner Niger Delta ⓘ
surface form: Upper Niger basin
spokenIn Burkina Faso ⓘ
Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ
surface form: Côte d’Ivoire

Guinea ⓘ
Guinea-Bissau ⓘ
Liberia ⓘ
Mali ⓘ
Mauritania ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
Senegal ⓘ
Sierra Leone ⓘ
The Gambia ⓘ
subclassOf West African languages ⓘ
usedAsLinguaFrancaIn Guinea ⓘ
Mali ⓘ
writingSystemUsed Arabic script ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ
N'Ko script ⓘ
surface form: N’Ko script

Vai script ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

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

Niger–Congo languages → majorSubgroup → Mande languages ⓘ
Mauritania → recognizedLanguage → Mande languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soninke
Mandinka → languageBranch → Mande languages ⓘ
Mandinka → languageGroup → Mande languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Manding languages
Mandinka → hasLinguisticAncestor → Mande languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Mande
Bambara → branchOf → Mande languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Manding languages
Arabic alphabet → usedFor → Mande languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mandinka language (Ajami)
Mande languages → hasMajorLanguage → Mande languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soninke
Mande languages → hasSubgroup → Mande languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Mande languages
Ghana Empire → associatedPeople → Mande languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soninke
Mali Empire → ethnicGroup → Mande languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soninke
Mandinka people → languageFamily → Mande languages ⓘ
Mende → languageFamily → Mande languages ⓘ
Mande → hasSubgroup → Mande languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Mande
Mande → hasLanguage → Mande languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Mande languages
N'Ko script → primaryUsage → Mande languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Manding languages
Mandika → languageFamily → Mande languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Mandinka
Ajami script → usedFor → Mande languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soninke language
Mano people → languageFamily → Mande languages ⓘ
Proto-Niger–Congo → isAncestorOf → Mande languages ⓘ
Jahanka → closelyRelatedTo → Mande languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Manding languages
Wagadou → language → Mande languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soninke language
Mansa Souleyman → language → Mande languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mandé languages
Mansa → hasLanguageOrigin → Mande languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mandé languages
Soninke people → nativeLanguage → Mande languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soninke language
Bambara people → languageFamily → Mande languages ⓘ
Serahule Muslims → language → Mande languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soninke language
Mende language → languageFamily → Mande languages ⓘ