James Covey (né Kai Nyangua; c. 1819 – ?) was the interpreter used in the Amistad slave ship case (40 U.S. (15 Pet.) 518 (1841)) who spoke Mende and possibly other African languages.
Jentink's duiker (Cephalophus jentinki), also known as gidi-gidi in Krio and kaikulowulei in Mende, is a forest-dwelling duiker found in the southern parts of Liberia, southwestern Côte d'Ivoire, and scattered enclaves in Sierra Leone.
The inhabitants of Masam are almost entirely from the Mende ethnic group, and the Mende language is by far the most widely spoken language in the town.
The predominant ethnci group in the village are the Mende, and the Mende language is the most widely spoken language in the village.
Tiwai Island (Mende for 'Big Island') is a wildlife sanctuary and tourist site in Sierra Leone.
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Loma and Mende also have their own unique alphabets but are studied less.
Yale professor Josiah Gibbs, seeking anyone who spoke the Mende language to assist him by interpreting for the Amistad captives, went to New York Harbor and loudly counted to ten in Mende until someone who could understand him approached.