{"id":5465,"date":"2009-11-10T20:58:11","date_gmt":"2009-11-10T19:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/?page_id=5465"},"modified":"2010-03-30T17:03:02","modified_gmt":"2010-03-30T15:03:02","slug":"mande-languages","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/mande-languages\/","title":{"rendered":"Mande languages"},"content":{"rendered":"
Where are Mande languages spoken?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

These languages are spoken in Western Africa: Gambia, Mali, C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Liberia, Burkina-Faso, Nigeria and Benin.<\/p>\n

Number of speakers (estimates)<\/h5>\n

We do not have, for the time being, any reliable estimates concerning the number of speakers. They vary significantly, between 6 and 10 millions according to Wikipedia.<\/p>\n

Classification<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Mande languages tree <\/span>(click to enlarge)<\/p>\n

\"Mande<\/a><\/p>\n

The group of Mande languages has between 60 and 70 languages, depending on the source.<\/p>\n

East Mande<\/p>\n

South-East<\/span><\/p>\n

Manon-Da<\/p>\n

Mano<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Guro-Yaure<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Guro<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yaure (alternative name : yaour\u00e9)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dan-Tura<\/p>\n

Dan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tura<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nwa-Beng<\/p>\n

Mwan-Wan<\/p>\n

Mwan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gban-Beng<\/p>\n

Beng<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gban <\/strong>(alternative names : gagu, gagou)<\/p>\n

Bisa-Busa<\/p>\n

Bissa<\/strong><\/p>\n

Samo-Busa<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Samo<\/p>\n

Matya Samo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Maya Samo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Southern Samo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Busa<\/p>\n

Boko<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bokobaru<\/strong><\/p>\n

Busa<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kyenga<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shanga<\/strong><\/p>\n

West Mande<\/span><\/p>\n

Central-West (Mandingue-Kpele)<\/p>\n

Central Mande<\/p>\n

Manding-Jogo<\/p>\n

Jogo-Je<\/span>ri<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Jalkunan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jeri Kuo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jogo<\/p>\n

Ligbi <\/strong><\/p>\n

Tonjon: <\/strong>extinct<\/p>\n

Manding-Vai<\/p>\n

Vai-Kono<\/p>\n

Vai<\/strong><\/p>\n

K\u1d10n\u1d10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Manding-Mokole<\/p>\n

Manding<\/p>\n

Bolon<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jahanka<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sininkere<\/strong><\/p>\n

West Manding<\/p>\n

Kagoro<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mandinka<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kita Maninkakan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Western Maninkakan<\/p>\n

Xaasongaxango<\/strong><\/p>\n

East Manding<\/p>\n

Marka<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bamana<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bamanankan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jula<\/strong><\/p>\n

Southeastern Manding<\/p>\n

Konyanka Maninka<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sankaran Maninka<\/strong><\/p>\n

Eastern Maninka<\/strong><\/p>\n

Manya<\/strong><\/p>\n

Maninka-Mori<\/p>\n

Koro<\/strong><\/p>\n

Koyaga<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mahou<\/strong><\/p>\n

Forest Maninka<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wojenaka <\/strong><\/p>\n

Worodougou<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mokole<\/p>\n

Kakabe<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kuranko<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lele<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mixifore<\/strong><\/p>\n

Susu-Yalunka<\/p>\n

Susu<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yalunka<\/strong><\/p>\n

Southwest Mande<\/p>\n

Kpelle<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mende-Looma<\/p>\n

Looma<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mende-Bandi<\/p>\n

Bandi<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mende-Loko<\/p>\n

M\u025bnde<\/strong><\/p>\n

Loko<\/strong><\/p>\n

Northwest (Samogo-Soninke)<\/p>\n

Jo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Northwest<\/p>\n

Soninke-Bobo<\/p>\n

Bobo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Soninke<\/strong><\/p>\n

Langues Bozo<\/span><\/p>\n

Hainyaxo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ti\u00e8ma Ci\u00e8we<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ti\u00e9yaxo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sorogaama<\/strong><\/p>\n

Samogo<\/p>\n

Bankagooma<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dz\u00f9\u00f9ngoo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Duungooma<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jowulu<\/strong><\/p>\n

Seeku<\/strong><\/p>\n

Comments on the classification<\/strong><\/h5>\n

We have based our classification on the work of Dimmendaal (2008) and Williamson & Blench (2008)<\/p>\n

For long, this group was classified within the group of Niger-Congo languages. However, Dimmendaal considers linguistic evidences to be insufficient to make such a connection and that for now it is more reasonable to regard Mande languages as an independent group.<\/p>\n

Are Mande languages endangered?<\/h5>\n

This section will be developed subsequently.<\/p>\n

Ethnographic elements<\/span><\/p>\n

This section will be developed subsequently.<\/p>\n

Linguistic details<\/span><\/p>\n

This section will be developed subsequently.<\/p>\n

Sources:<\/h5>\n

Gerrit Dimmendaal, “Language Ecology and Linguistic Diversity on the African Continent”, Language and Linguistics Compass 2\/5:842. 2008.<\/p>\n

Kay Williamson & Roger Blench, \u201cNiger-Congo\u201d, in Heine, Bernd and Nurse, Derek (eds) African Languages – An Introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University press (2000)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Where are Mande languages spoken? These languages are spoken in Western Africa: Gambia, Mali, C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Liberia, Burkina-Faso, Nigeria and Benin. Number of speakers (estimates) We do not have, for the time being, any reliable estimates concerning the number of speakers. 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