Talk:Mande languages

I have requested a move of this article to Mande languages. The reason: this language family is most widely known as the Mande languages. Giving linguistic family Bla the article 'Bla languages ' is customary at Wikipedia; but note also the change from 'Mandé' to plain 'Mande', which is a far more common term. At Mande languages there is a redirect at present, so I can't move. — mark ✎ 09:13, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)

And it is done, thanks to Ta bu shi da yu. For the record: the former location of this article was Mandé, which is now (of course) a redirect. — mark ✎ 14:04, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I don't understand this move - most of the article is not about the language. It seems to me to need either splitting into two or moving back Hughcharlesparker 00:13, July 17, 2005 (UTC)

It needs splitting. There is enough to write about either of the two to warrant two separate articles. — mark ✎ 13:52, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

And I see what caused the confusion: after the move a lot of material pertaining to Mandé but not to the language family per se was added. I'm moving this material to Mandé. — mark ✎ 09:55, 15 August 2005 (UTC)

What does Mande mean?

Where does the name Mande come from? Is a word from some language within the family or probably a geographic term? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.75.59.206 (talk) 09:03, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

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Proto-Mande section?

Hey all! I was wondering if we should include a Proto-Mande section? I've seen sources from Valentin Vydrin and other linguists on Proto-Mande. I also found this paper on academia.edu that mentions consonants and vowels for Proto-Mande: https://www.academia.edu/126121513/Mande_and_Atlantic_Congo_A_Preliminary_Investigation_in_Phonology_and_Lexicon?source=swp_share

Please let me know your thoughts... no pressure to add this section, I just had this idea. 74.138.97.3 (talk) 20:48, 16 February 2025 (UTC)