单词 | mande |
释义 | Manden.adj. A. n. 1. Originally: the people of the Mande region collectively. Subsequently: a group of peoples speaking languages related to that of the Mande region. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of West Africa > [noun] Fulbe1623 Mandingo1623 Akani1662 Gola1670 Ashanti1705 Beninese1705 Wolof1745 Igbo1757 Susu1786 Temne1791 Mossi1819 Ibibio1822 Koranko1825 Vaia1832 Sherbro1836 Yoruba1843 Akan1849 Songhai1851 Yoruban1853 Mitshi1854 Ijo1856 Igbirra1863 Soninke1869 Efik1876 Kanuri1876 Fante1879 Malinke1883 Mande1883 Kissi1884 Nupe1885 Mende1887 Ho1890 Benin1897 Limba1902 Munchi1905 Kono1909 Senufo1911 Tallensi1920 Yakö1926 Mandinka1957 Tiv1960 Togolese1962 Loma1964 1883 R. N. Cust Sketch Mod. Langs. Afr. I. xi. 186 The Mende are Pagans and turbulent. Care must be taken to distinguish the Mende from the Mande. 1930 C. G. Seligman Races of Afr. iii. 59 The Mandingo—more correctly the Mendi or Mande—constitute one of the most important groups of French Senegal. 1952 D. Westermann & M. A. Bryan Lang. W. Afr. ii. 31 The name Mande or Mandingo is a general term applied by Europeans and others to all the tribes speaking Mande languages. 1991 R. Oliver Afr. Experience (1993) viii. 93 Among the southern Mande the ruler of a kafu was known as a mansa. 2. a. The language spoken by the people of Mande.Now more commonly called Manding. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > African languages > Niger-Kordofanian > [noun] > Niger-Congo > Mande > Mandinka Koranko1883 Mande1883 Malinke1911 Mandinka1934 Manding1952 Maninka1964 Mandekan1977 1883 R. N. Cust Sketch Mod. Langs. Afr. I. xi. 179 Mande alias Mande-ngo, Mande-nga. It is one of the most important and extensively-used Languages in West Africa. It is the Language of a conquering Race, and has an extension beyond its natural boundaries...Steinthal points out that the final syllable [of Mande-nga] is a Suffix, which conveys the meaning of the people themselves, while their Language should properly be called Mande...The Mande Language is exhibited to us in Vocabularies by Koelle with four Dialects. 1968 G. Jackson Let. 6 Mar. in Soledad Brother (1971) 152 The oldest language is one spoken in Africa: Mande. b. A subfamily of the Niger–Congo language family comprising about 60 languages spoken over a wide area of the western part of West Africa. ΚΠ 1911 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 564/2 Delafosse divides the Mandingo group linguistically into three main sections: (1) the Mande-tamu, (2) the Mande-fu, and (3) the Mande-tã, according as they use for the numeral 10 the root tamu, tã or fu. 1970 P. Oliver Savannah Syncopators 112 Mandingo. Mande-speaking peoples of which the Malinke are the largest. 1991 R. Oliver Afr. Experience (1993) viii. 92 Another early example of urban development, once again from what must have been Mande-speaking country, [etc.]. B. adj. Designating Mande as a language group; of or relating to this group. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of West Africa > [adjective] Akani1686 Ashantian1705 Igbo1732 Mandingo1744 Nago1775 Temne1791 Wolof1828 Nupe1829 Kru1835 Gola1843 Mpongwe1844 Efik1849 Yoruban1853 Mossi1854 Fulbe1857 Ewe1861 Fan1861 Ibibio1862 Akan1863 Fon1864 Soninke1870 Mende1872 Ijo1883 Mande1883 Yoruba1883 Mitshi1892 Benin1893 Munchi1908 Yakö1926 Tallensi1936 Tiv1939 Limba1954 Kissi1957 Loma1957 1883 R. N. Cust Sketch Mod. Langs. Afr. I. xi. 186 They [sc. the Vei] belong to the Mande Cluster. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 565/1 The manati was the totem of the Mande group. 1952 D. Westermann & M. A. Bryan Lang. W. Afr. ii. 31 The Mande languages are spoken over a vast area extending from the Atlantic coast to the Black Volta. 1969 Liberian Stud. Jrnl. 1 25 The Kpelle, Loma, Bandi and Mende are included in the Southwestern Mande group. 1991 R. Oliver Afr. Experience (1993) x. 125 Mande migrants from the interior were carving out little kingdoms among the previously stateless ‘West Atlantic’ peoples. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1883 |
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