Dictionary
Man•de
Pronunciation: (män'dā), [key]—
n.
1. a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, spoken in western Africa and including Mende, Malinke, Bambara, and Kpelle.
2. a member of any of the peoples who speak these languages.
Also called Mandingo. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.