Flashcards: Mande languages

The Soninke language (Soninke: Sooninkanxanne) is a Mande language spoken by the Soninke people of West Africa.

Bissa (Bisa) is a Mande language that is spoken by the Bissa people of Burkina Faso, Ghana and (marginally) Togo.

The Mandinka language (Mandi'nka kango), or Mandingo, is a Mandé language spoken by the Mandinka people of the Casamance region of Senegal, the Gambia, and northern Guinea-Bissau.

Mende /ˈmɛndi/ (Mɛnde yia) is a major language of Sierra Leone, with some speakers in neighboring Liberia.

The Susu language (endonym Sosoxui; French: Soussou) is the language of the Susu or Soso people of Guinea and Sierra Leone, West Africa.

The Vai language, alternately called Vy or Gallinas, is a Mande language, spoken by the Vai people, roughly 104,000 in Liberia and by smaller populations, some 15,500, in Sierra Leone.

Maninka (Malinke), or more precisely Eastern Maninka, is the name of several closely related languages and dialects of the southeastern Manding subgroup of the Mande branch of the Niger–Congo languages.

The Mano language, also known as Maa, Mah, and Mawe, is a significant Mande language of Liberia and Guinea.

Jula (Dyula, Dioula) is a Mande language spoken in Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, and Mali.

The Kono language (Kɔnɔ) is a language spoken in Sierra Leone by the Kono people.

Zialo (self-identification Ziolo) is a language spoken by the Zialo people in Guinea.

Yalunka (or Jallonka) is the language of the Yalunka people of Guinea, Mali, Senegal, and Sierra Leone in West Africa.

Lele is a Mande language of Guinea.

Mwan (Mwa, Mouan, Muan, Muana, Mona) is a Mande language of Ivory Coast.

The Bandi language, also known as Bande, Gbande, Gbandi and Gbunde, is a Mande language.

Samo (Sane, San, Sa) is a dialect cluster of Mande languages spoken in Burkina Faso.

Tonjon is an extinct Mande language once spoken by blacksmiths among the Djimini Senoufo of Ivory Coast.

Goo is a recently-discovered Mande language of Ivory Coast.

Dan /ˈdæn/ is a Mande language spoken primarily in Ivory Coast (~800,000 speakers) and Liberia (150,000–200,000 speakers).

Ligbi (or Ligby) is a Mande language spoken in Ghana in the north-west corner of the Brong-Ahafo Region.

Bobo (Bɔbɔ; also known as Bobo Fi, Bobo Fign, Bobo Fing, Bobo Mandaré, Black Bobo) is a major Mande language of Burkina Faso; the western city of Bobo Dioulasso is named partly for the Bobo people.

Gban, or Gagu (Gagou), is a Mande language of Ivory Coast.

The Kpelle /kəˈpɛlə/ language (endonym: "Kpɛlɛɛ") is spoken by the Kpelle people and is part of the Mande family of languages.

Bozo (sometimes Boso, 'house of straw') is spoken by the Bozo, the principal fishing people of the Inner Niger Delta in Mali.

Dama is an extinct language of Sierra Leone.

Guro (Gouro), also known as Kweni (Kwéndré) and Lo, is a Mande language spoken by approximately a million people in Ivory Coast, primarily in the areas of Haut-Sassandra and Marahoue, and the Goh.

Loko, or Landogo, is a Southwestern Mande language spoken by the Loko people, who primarily live in Northern Sierra Leone.

The Mokole languages are a small group of Mande languages of Guinea and Sierra Leone.

The Samogo languages are a small group of Mande languages of Mali and Burkina Faso.

Kakabe is a minor Mande language of Guinea.

Wan, or Nwa, is a Mande language of Ivory Coast.

Banka, or Bankagooma, is a minor Mande language of Mali.

Mixifore, or Mogofin, is a minor Mande language of Guinea.

Kuranko is a Mande language spoken by approximately 350,000 people in Sierra Leone and Guinea.

Loma (Loghoma, Looma, Lorma) is a Mande language spoken by the Loma people of Liberia and Guinea.

Gbin (Gbĩ) is an extinct Mande language of Ivory Coast, neighboring but not closely related to Beng.

The Kpee language, Kpeego, commonly called Numu (Noumoukan), is a Mande language spoken by blacksmiths (numu) in Burkina Faso.

Boko, or Boo, is a Mande language of Benin and Nigeria.

Busa, or Bisã, is the Mande language of the former Bussa Emirate in Nigeria.

Sembla (Sambla), or Seenku (Seeku), is a Mande language of Burkina Faso.

Beng (Ben) is a Mande language of Ivory Coast.

Duun is a Mande language of Mali.

Jeri is a Mande language of Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso.

Jowulu, also known as Jɔ or ambiguously as Samogho, is a minor Mande language of Mali.

Kyenga (also spelled Tyenga, Tienga, Kyanga, Tyanga, Cenka, Kenga), is a Mande language of Nigeria and Benin.

Shanga (Shangawa, Shonga, Shongawa) is a Mande language of Nigeria.

Tura (Toura) is a Mande language of Ivory Coast.

Yaure (Yaouré, Yohowré, Youré) is a Mande language of Ivory Coast.