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Mande languages

Mande is a language family with 15 languages profiled on Glottosphere, spoken in Africa. The largest by number of speakers are Bambara, Dyula, and Koro (Côte d'Ivoire). 8 of them are listed as endangered.

LanguageCountriesSpeakersStatus
BambaraCôte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Senegal14,000,000
DyulaBurkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali12,000,000
Koro (Côte d'Ivoire)Côte d’Ivoire40,000Vulnerable
ZialoGuinea25,000Vulnerable
KagoroMali15,000Vulnerable
BankagoomaMali6,000Threatened
SininkereBurkina Faso6,000Threatened
ShangaNigeria5,000Threatened
Jeri KuoCôte d’Ivoire1,500Severely Endangered
JalkunanBurkina Faso600Endangered
Eastern Maninkakan5 countries
GaguCôte d’Ivoire
MahouCôte d’Ivoire, Guinea
MandinkaGambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal
ManyaGuinea, Liberia

Classification and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Endangerment status: Endangered Languages Project. Only languages with a profile here are listed, so the family may have more members.