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	Songhay languages - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		However, Nicolaï eventually concluded that this approach was not adequate, and in 1990 proposed a distinctly novel hypothesis: that Songhay is a Berber-based creole language, restructured under Mande influence.
		In support of this he proposed 412 possible similarities, ranging all the way from basic vocabulary (tasa "liver") to obvious borrowings (anzad "violin", alkaadi "qadi".) Others, such as Gerrit Dimmendaal, were not convinced, and Nicolaï (2003) appears to consider the question of Songhay's origins still open, while arguing cogently against Ehret and Bender's proposed etymologies.
		Manding má, máŋ), the subjunctive ma (Manding máa), the copula ti (Bisa ti, Manding de/le), the verbal connective ka (Manding kà), the suffixes -ri (resultative - cf.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Songhay_languages (749 words)

	Sun.Star Davao - Some police officers behind gambling, drugs: Manding (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Manding said some close associates of the drug pushers themselves were, however, hesitant to tell him about the illegal activities for fear of reprisal.
		Manding added that three of the nine illegal drug pushers signified interest to execute affidavit against the police officials who are said to be protectors of illegal activities.
		Manding said he can attest for his statements but he, likewise, asked the cooperation of those who are willing to testify against erring police officials.
	www.sunstar.com.ph /static/dav/2004/09/01/news/some.police.officers.behind.gambling.drugs.manding.html (461 words)

	# 440 Symposium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The mands of all students in the classroom were followed by attention on a fixed ratio (FR) 1 schedule during both baseline conditions in which teachers alternated between wearing green or red necklaces.
		During treatment conditions, all student mands were followed by attention while teachers were wearing a green necklace, and no mands were followed by attention while teachers were wearing a red necklace.
		Discriminated manding emerged, such that high rates were observed when and only when the green necklaces were worn; these effects were replicated across classrooms and maintained during follow-up observations.
	www.abainternational.org /conv2003/program/events/440.htm (837 words)

	Anthology of World Literature : Section 13 : Overview
		The rise of ancient Mali in the thirteenth century is closely associated with the spread of Islam into the region, which had begun in the seventh century.
		The principal custodians of the oral tradition are professional bards, known among the Manding as dyeli or belein-tigui.
		The ideological function of the epic is the construction of a Manding common identity under a founding hero.
	www.wwnorton.com /nawol/s13_overview.htm (591 words)

	Cognate Mayan and Malinke-Bambara Terms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Due to the early spread of the manding language during the Olmec period Manding is a substratum language of many Amerind languages.
		The Manding languages are a member of the Mande family of languages.(Platiel 1978; Galtier 1980) Mann and Dalby (1987), give Mande a peripheral status in the Niger-Congo superset.
		As in Taino, the phonemic syllable is primarily CV and a tone.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Academy/8919/yquiche.htm (3567 words)

	Sun.Star Davao - Manding warns drug pushers to issue affidavits or face arrest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Manding said none of the nine persons, who revealed to him the involvement of some police officials in the illegal drug trade, have issued an affidavit.
		Manding said he had already submitted to the request of the Office of the Ombudsman to cooperate in its own investigation of erring policemen.
		Manding, however, said he has not received a formal notice from the Ombudsman.
	www.sunstar.com.ph /static/dav/2004/09/15/news/manding.warns.drug.pushers.to.issue.affidavits.or.face.arrest.html (412 words)

	Manding languages - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Manding languages are a fairly mutually intelligible group of dialects in West Africa, belonging to the Mande languages.
		A traditional collective term for these languages is "N'Ko", after the words meaning "I say"; the N'Ko alphabet is designed to write Manding using a common literary standard comprehensible to speakers of all these varieties.
		This page was last modified 08:52, 15 March 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Manding_languages (133 words)

	Dravidian, Mande and Elamite
		This relates to the Manding suffix of the past and present participle -ra, this particle is used to make verbs passive or active, e.g., kyi 'send', kyi-ra 'messenger', gyi (ji) 'dry up', gyi-ra 'arid'.
		In the Dravidian and Manding languages -ka, is used to represent the verb 'to be', as well as the subjunctive.
		For example in Manding languages ka, is a particle of different values, which corresponds to -kaa, the infinitive element in Telugu of the verb ag-uta 'to become'.
	www.geocities.com /Tokyo/Bay/7051/elam2.htm (2500 words)

	The Kankurang or Manding Initiatory Rite (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Kankurang is an initiatory rite practised throughout all the Manding provinces of Senegal and Gambia, corresponding to the Casamance.
		That is the time that the young circumscribed learn the rules of behaviour for the cohesion of the group, the specific nature of their community, the secrets of plants and their medicinal values, and hunting techniques.
		The modernization of agriculture and the increase in cultivated land is considerably reducing the extent of the sacred forests, which are essential for the initiations.
	www.unesco.org /culture/intangible-heritage/36afr_uk.htm (422 words)

	PanAfrLoc \| PanAfrLoc / Manding (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Manding is a widely spoken first language and lingua franca in the above-mentioned areas.
		The basis of a Romanized Manding orthography was established at the UNESCO expert meeting in Bamako, Mali, in l966.
		Since some varieties of Manding are quite close and others somewhat different, it would be helpful to have a clearer idea of what sort of affinities there would be for localisation.
	www.bisharat.net /wikidoc/pmwiki.php/PanAfrLoc/Manding (1089 words)

	Ethnographic Arms & Armour - An European - Manding sword ? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Since the Manding country is very near Mopti and the Manding swords are often made from a scavenged European blade, it is possible that this one is of Manding origin, but with the European pommel not replaced.
		The Manding sabres which are easily recognized with elaborate guardless hilts and decorated scabbards most definitely used European blades, often Solingen but more frequently French sabre blades.
		Because of the quality of this sword, wich is far better than my other west-african swords and knifes, I though it HAS to be an all-European sword, but the possibility of a reproduction is to be seriously considered, for all the reasons you have mentionned.
	www.vikingsword.com /vb/showthread.php?t=1259 (1244 words)

	Still the music man - INQ7.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Manding counts himself lucky for having shared the stage and screen with the biggest names in the business.
		When Manding returned, the studio system had collapsed and his former LVN colleagues had scattered to do movies with independent companies and its rival, Sampaguita.
		Manding himself proceeded to do three Sampaguita movies, including "Way Out in the Country," which starred Susan Roces and neophyte Nora Aunor.
	news.inq7.net /entertainment/index.php?index=1&story_id=46145 (954 words)

	Web resources for Mande languages
		There are some 40-50 Mande languages spoken in West Africa.
		A preliminary report of existing information on the Manding languages of West Africa (PDF).
		Mandé language family of West Africa: location and genetic classification.
	goto.glocalnet.net /maho/webresources/mande.html (511 words)

	WORLD VILLAGE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		As the name Diabate indicates, Mamadou comes from a family of griots, or jelis as they are known among the Manding.
		They use music and sometimes oratory to preserve and sustain people's consciousness of the past, a past that stretches back to the 13th century when the Manding king Sunjata Keita consolidated the vast Empire of Mali, covering much of West Africa.
		So to be born to a distinguished jeli family in Kita is already an auspicious beginning.
	www.worldvillagemusic.com /anglais/artistesfiche.php?artist_id=47 (137 words)

	Growing Diversity \| www.grain.org/gd/
		(The Manding are one of the largest civilisations in Mali and West Africa.) Their beginnings go back to the earliest times.
		These clubs are based on a common religion for all members, which provides an unshakeable brotherhood and solidarity amongst all hunters from the same club or organisation.
		The Organisation of Djoliba Hunters is a remnant of the Manding hunting clubs, in which the principle ethnic groups are the MalinkÃ© and Bambara.
	www.grain.org /gd/en/case-studies/cases/wa-abstract-mali-en.cfm (358 words)

	David Dalby, 1969
		His vowels, however are provided with meaningful names in Manding, descriptive of their respective articulations; the names have been chosen in such a way that five of the seven end with the relevant vowel:
		He recognizes the fact that the tonal contrats of Manding relate to the word, rather than the syllable, and establishes a dichotomy between 'mots celestes' (sankuma) and 'mots terrestres' (duumakuma), i.e.
		It then emerges that 17 of the 20 'ordinaire' items are nouns and that 18 of the 20 'brusque' items are verbs, indicating that the two terms refer probably not to contrasts in lexical tone but to the differences of tonal behavior resulting from different grammatical contexts.
	home.gwu.edu /~cwme/Nko/Dalby.html (1038 words)

	Mali Empire & Griot Traditions
		Long after the fall of the Malian Empire in 1468, a Manding family of means would have their own griot to advise, arrange the terms of marriages and mediate disputes, always relying on their understanding of each family's history.
		These days, Manding families generally cannot afford their own private griot, so the musicians move from family to family, performing at weddings and baptisms, entertaining and praising the guests.
		The kora, the ngoni and the balaphone are the three indispensable melody instruments of the Manding [Mande] griot.
	web.cocc.edu /cagatucci/classes/hum211/CoursePack/coursepackpast/maligriot.htm (1340 words)

	.: Mindanews -- 6 July 2005 :. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Manding was referring to Avisado’s statement regarding the proper waste management disposal in the different barangays here in the city that “how dirty a barangay is, that’s how dirty is the barangay captain”.
		Manding said Avisado made the remark during their meeting Monday at the conference room of the CityHall.
		Instead of blaming the barangay captains for the poor garbage collection, Manding said that the city should divide the P200 million allotment for solid waste and management program so that the barangays would themselves act on the problem.
	www.mindanews.com /2005/07/05nws-admin.html (489 words)

	Alula Records (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Mamadou Diabate was born in 1975 in Kita, a Malian city long known as a center for the arts and culture of the Manding people of West Africa.
		In 1996, a touring group from the Instrumental Ensemble of Mali offered Mamadou the chance to travel to the United States with a group of Manding musicians and cultural authorities.
		Mamadou's goal was to highlight the instruments of Manding, but on two tracks, the group is joined by Abdoulaye Diabate, perhaps the finest jeli singer currently living in the United States.
	www.alula.com /Tunga.htm (649 words)

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		Mande refers to one of the main branches of the Niger-Congo family of West African languages.
		In other countries with Mande populations, such as Guinea, the Gambia, and Senegal, a little more than one-third of the population is literate. Bilateral and multilateral donors consider illiteracy a universal concern for human development, incorporating literacy into evaluations of social and economic development.
		During the last decade of French colonialism in West Africa, N’ko’s spread was limited by organizational means and the threat of French repression; yet, the grassroots and decentralized dissemination of N’ko proved a useful adaptation against the centralized and centripetal approach to colonial rule employed by France.
	home.gwu.edu /~cwme/Nko/Wyrod_Nko.doc (13817 words)

	Royal Nubia lies under sand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Wiener (1922) based his identification of the Manding influence over the Olmecs (eventhough he was unaware of this people at the time) through his identification of Manding writing on the Tuxtla statuette which was created by the Olmecs (Soustelle, 1984; Tate, 1995).
		In addition to the Manding origin of the Mayan term for writing, there are a number Mayan terms that are derived from the Olmec language .
		In conclusion, the Manding speaking ancestors of the Olmecs came from the Saharan zone of North Africa (Winters, 1983, 1984c, 1986).
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-chat/670846/posts (5921 words)

	French Culture \| Music \| Djelimady Tounkara US Tour Oct-Nov 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		His touch, his rhythm, his sense of swing and of the perfect note, the elegance of his solos all make him one of the greatest guitarists of his time, up there with Eric Clapton and BB King.
		He recorded the CD utilizing two guitars, one ngoni (traditional Manding instrument commonly believed to be the precursor to the banjo), two percussion, bass, and four vocals.
		The first thing that strikes you on "Mande Djelilou," the album's darkly proud opener, is the sheer gravitas of Tounkara's sound.
	www.frenchculture.org /music/events/02tounkara.html (1388 words)

	Mande Language Family
		The purpose of this presentation is to give a detailed set of maps showing the location of the home territory where each variety is spoken and the linguistic relationship of one to the other, according to the present state of our knowledge.
		The digital cartography and internet presentation for these particular maps of the Mandé family were created from the database by Matthew Benjamin.
		Manding in Guinea and Senegal: Unpublished data received from Tim Geysbeek on the location of Manding variants in South Guinea.
	www.sil.org /silesr/2000/2000-003/silesr2000-003.htm (1292 words)

	Afrika China (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The identification of the first hero of China, Hu Nak Kunte as a member of the Kunte clan of the Manding speakers of Africa is supported by the close relationship between the Manding languages and Chinese.
		This _zi, suffix corresponds to the Manding use of si 'that, that one,those' e.g., kye si 'that man'.
		The analogy between the Manding and Chinese languages suggest that Manding is a substratum of Chinese.
	home.wanadoo.nl /dberents/afrika_china.htm (1581 words)

	Dance \| Sunjata’s story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Added to this in Manding’s musical ensemble are the sounds of many different drums — including the djembé and dundunba — and other percussive possibilities, such as bells and the shekeré, a large gourd strung with beads.
		After the French colonization in the 19th century, however, most information about the Manding Empire was lost to the English-speaking world.
		The kora songs stem directly from the epic tale of Sunjata, and they are interspersed with narrative and mime, drum interludes, and breathtaking sequences of dance and gymnastics.
	www.providencephoenix.com /dance/other_stories/documents/04035010.asp (894 words)

	Olmec - American Archaeology
		These Mande speakers, or the Si people, now centered in West Africa and the Sahelian region formerly lived in areas where Libyco- Berber inscriptions are found (Winters, 1983, 1986).
		The second clue to the Manding origin of the Olmec writing was provided by Leo Wiener in Africa and the Discovery of America (1922,v.3).
		Using the should values from the Manding symbols, to read the La Venta celts I was able to decipher both the celts and other Olmec inscriptions.
	www.angelfire.com /ar/chaeology/OLMEC.html (583 words)

	The Oral Tradition - Drumming
		The styles described here are divided into several groups: Manding and Mbalax, based on the traditional music of the Manding and Wolof peoples and modern African and contemporary Western music.
		Manding music is the music of the Manding (Mande) group of peoples, who were the inhabitants of the vast Manding empire 13th to 15th century.
		Classical Manding music is called Maninka and has elaborate melodies and long-flowing vocals.
	www.si.umich.edu /chico/UMS/Drummers/drumming.html (1010 words)

	Djimo Kouyate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A long-term residency program can be designed to demonstrate how a West African tradition using music and dance helps children prepare to be useful contributors to their society.
		This tradition is the Manding "Rite of Passage" for adolescents.
		Students will learn fundamental instrumental techniques, the significance of music and rhythms in Manding society, and the symbolism and importance of dances and other events historically, ceremonially and socially.
	www.arts.state.va.us /ArtistRoster/ArtistInformation/djimokouyate.htm (283 words)

	Cora Connection: New & Not So New African Music
		Diabaté and his band brought the Latin flavored Manding swing music onto the dance-floors and airwaves, (on shortwave via Africa N°1) of West Africa.
		Don't be misled by the cheap cover art, this trio's recording of the traditional Manding music is rich and dymanic.
		Divas is a compilation of Manding and Wassoulou music featuring rare tracks from the out of print Sidiki Diabate Ensemble record "Ba Togoma." Southern Mali is the birth place for Wassoulou music which is rooted in hunters music.
	www.coraconnection.com /pages/other_cds.html (3373 words)

	LDC Staff - Linguistic Data Consortium Staff
		My research programme is to prepare an electronic database for the lexicon of three Mandekan (Manding) languages of the Mande group of the Niger-Congo family: (a) Bambara (Bamanankan or Bamanan), (b) Mawukakan (also known as Mawu, Mahou or Mau) and (c) Odienne Jula.
		Bambara, considered to be the oldest form of the Manding subgroup, is the bigest and the most studied language of the sub-group; Odienne Jula has the opposite tone patterns of Bambara; and Mawukakan is my own mother tongue within the sub-group.
		The Manding languages together are spoken by more than 6 million people spread across the West African countries of Mali, Guinea, Cote d'Ivoire, Burkina-Faso, Senegal, Gambia and Guinea-Bissau.
	www.ldc.upenn.edu /About/Staff/bamba (456 words)

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