Western Mande

E653675
language branch subgroup of Mande languages

Western Mande is a major branch of the Mande language family of West Africa, encompassing several closely related languages spoken across countries such as Mali, Burkina Faso, and Côte d’Ivoire.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Western Mande canonical 10
Western Mande languages 2
Manding 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf language branch ⓘ
subgroup of Mande languages ⓘ
hasCharacteristic predominantly SOV word order (for many member languages) ⓘ
tonal languages (for most member languages) ⓘ
hasLanguage Bambara NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bobo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bozo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dioula NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jalonke NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jeri NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jogo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jula NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kpelle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Loma NERFINISHED ⓘ
Manding languages ⓘ
Mandinka NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maninka NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mende NERFINISHED ⓘ
Samogho NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soninke NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soninke–Bobo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southwestern Mande languages ⓘ
Susu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vai ⓘ
hasRole lingua franca in parts of Mali and neighboring countries (via Bambara and Dioula) ⓘ
hasSubgroup Central Mande NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southwestern Mande NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamilyBranchOf Niger–Congo (in some classifications) NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Mande language family NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Sahel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Upper Niger basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn Burkina Faso NERFINISHED ⓘ
Côte d’Ivoire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Guinea-Bissau NERFINISHED ⓘ
Liberia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mali NERFINISHED ⓘ
Senegal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sierra Leone NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Gambia NERFINISHED ⓘ
subfamilyOf Mande language family ⓘ
subgroupOf Mande languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBy Mande peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
writingSystemUsed Arabic script (Ajami, for some member languages) ⓘ
Latin script (for many member languages) ⓘ
Vai syllabary (for Vai language) NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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

Dioula → languageBranch → Western Mande ⓘ
Susu → languageBranch → Western Mande ⓘ
Jula → languageBranch → Western Mande ⓘ
Jula → languageGroup → Western Mande ⓘ
this entity surface form: Manding
Kpelle → subfamilyOf → Western Mande ⓘ
Toma → languageBranch → Western Mande ⓘ
Bobo → subfamily → Western Mande ⓘ
Bobo → belongsToBranch → Western Mande ⓘ
this entity surface form: Manding–Bobo–Busa group
Jahanka → partOf → Western Mande ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Mande languages
Kono → subfamily → Western Mande ⓘ
Loko → subfamily → Western Mande ⓘ
Mandinka language → languageBranch → Western Mande ⓘ
Maninka → hasLanguageBranch → Western Mande ⓘ
Mende language → subfamily → Western Mande ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Mande languages