WANDALA

The Mandara Kingdom (sometimes called Wandala) was a West African kingdom in the Mandara Mountains of what is today Cameroon. The Mandarawa people are descended from the kingdom's inhabitants.Tradition states that Mandara was founded shortly before 1500 by a female ruler named Soukda and a non-Mandarawa hunter named Gaya. the kingdom was first referred to by Fra Mauro (in 1459) and Leo Africanus (in 1526); the provenance of its name remains uncertain.For the kingdom's first century of history, its rulers warred with neighbouring groups in an effort to expand their territories. After conquering the Dulo (or Duolo) and establishing the capital at Dulo c. 1580, the dynasty of Sankre, a war leader, began. When the Dulo made an attempt to seize the throne, the Bornu kingdom supported the claim of Aldawa Nanda, a member of Sankre's house. Emperor Idris Alaoma of Borno personally installed Nanda as king in 1614. Bornu thus attained an influential position over Mandara.
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Le royaume Mandara (parfois appelé Wandala) était un royaume africain occidental situé dans les monts Mandara de ce qui est aujourd'hui le Cameroun. L'ethnie Mandarawa descent des habitants de ce royaume.
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wandala
n : a chadic language spoken in the mandara mountains in cameroon; has only two vowels [syn: mandara, wandala]

Noun
1. a Chadic language spoken in the Mandara mountains in Cameroon; has only two vowels
(synonym) Mandara
(hypernym) Biu-Mandara

Wandala is a Chadic language spoken in Cameroon and Nigeria.
The language is: Wandala