English Explanatory Dictionary

Mandinka

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of a particular people of West Africa.
name
  1. The language spoken by these people, of the Mandé group of the Niger-Congo language family.

Pronunciation

/manˈdɪŋkə/

Word forms

Mandinka Mandinkas Mandingo

Etymology

From Mandinka Mandinka (“someone from Mande”), from Mandiŋ (“Mande”) + -ka (“inhabitant suffix”).

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