African: assigned by Barth to Hamarua.
Mandarin.
Chinese: the most refined dialect, also called Kuan-Hoa; used in classical literature, at Court, and in commerce. Dicty. by Perny, “Fr., Lat., Ch. (Mandarine),” Paris, 1869; Grammar by Edkins, 1864.
Mande.
A Negro speech; Treatise by Steinthal, Berlin, 1867.
Mandhar.
District of Celebese or Macassar; the language is allied to Bugis. It is little known, but has a large admixture of Malay and Javanese. P. J. V. See [Menado].
Mandingo.
African: class name for several languages of the W., much influenced by Arabic; it is more especially the native dialect of Senegambia. Grammar and Dicty. by Macbrair, London, 1837. See [Mana].
Mandongo.