Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Some Mandinka

The Mandinka language, sometimes referred to as Mandingo, is a Mandé language spoken by millions of Mandinka people in Mali, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea-Bissau; it is the main language of The Gambia. It belongs to the Manding branch of Mandé, and is thus fairly similar to Bambara and Maninka or Malinké. It is a tonal language with two tones: low and high.

baadaa - beach

daa - price

kambaanoo - boy

londoo - education

mansaaloo - proverb

hidiki - hiccup

saatee - village

taabuloo - table

Try this fun Mandinka Word Search.

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