Etymology

manding

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Today it means: A dialect continuum within the Mande language family spoken in West Africa. Full definition →

Mandinka Mandiŋ
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The story

  1. Mandinka · borrowed fromMandiŋ“Mande”
  2. English todayManding

From Mandinka Mandiŋ (“Mande”).

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