Dialect continuum of Mande languages of West Africa
Manding
Manden
Geographic distribution
West Africa
Native speakers
9.1 million (2017–2021)[1]
Linguistic classification
Niger-Congo?
Mande
Western Mande
Central Mande
Manding–Jogo
Manding–Vai
Manding–Mokole
Manding
Subdivisions
Manding-East
Manding-West
ISO 639-3
man
Glottolog
mand1435
Map of the Manding language continuum
The Manding languages (sometimes spelt Manden)[2][3] are a dialect continuum within the Niger-Congo family spoken in West Africa. Varieties of Manding are generally considered (among native speakers) to be mutually intelligible – dependent on exposure or familiarity with dialects between speakers – and spoken by 9.1 million people in the countries Burkina Faso, Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea,Sierra Leone
,Mali, Liberia, Ivory Coast and the Gambia.[1] Their best-known members are Mandinka or Mandingo, the principal language of The Gambia; Bambara, the most widely spoken language in Mali; Maninka or Malinké, a major language of Guinea and Mali; and Jula, a trade language of Ivory Coast and western Burkina Faso. Manding is part of the larger Mandé family of languages.
^ abManding at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
^Fairhead, James; Leach, Melissa (1996-10-17). Misreading the African Landscape: Society and Ecology in a Forest-Savanna Mosaic. CUP Archive. pp. xviii. ISBN 9780521563536.
^Belcher, Stephen Paterson (1999-01-01). Epic Traditions of Africa. Indiana University Press. pp. 89. ISBN 0253212812. manden manding.
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