MandingSubgroup of 20 languagesAncestorsNiger-Congo 1554Mande 76Western 54Central-Southwestern 41Central 32Manding-Jogo 30Manding-Vai 26Manding-Mokole 24MandingDescendants Manding-East 12 Marka-Dafin 1 Northeastern Manding 2 Bamana 2 Southeastern Manding 9 Maninka-Mori 5 Manding-West 5