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: mandingo
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: a branch of the Niger-Congo language family spoken primarily in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, and Burkina Faso
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First Known Use
1883, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Mande.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Mande. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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