Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a Mande people inhabiting Senegal and Mali.
- noun The Mande language of this people.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Thus, "Rome wasn't built in a day" might come out in Maninka as "It took longer than a day to build the city of Rome" on one occasion and, for stylistic variation on another occasion, "More than one day was needed to construct Rome," and so forth.
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As an ingratiating way of expressing his admiration for the newcomer's knowledge of Maninka culture, the old man might respond with another proverb:
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In other words, it is the idea of the proverb that is important in Maninka, not the ability to quote it verbatim.
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Proverbs are an important cultural feature of Maninka speakers.
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Let us take the example of a learner of Maninka who can make his way through the language, but not without a lot of mistakes.
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He is talking with an old Maninka man who engages in a bit of ironic humor:
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Maninka is an important social and trading language of Upper Volta, Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Senegal, and Ivory Coast.
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Maninka (Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone) Mesect Maninka (Guinea, Liberia, S. Leon) [aftern.]
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