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HelpInteresting African (?) Names
In a birth announcement recently I saw a couple of interesting "ethnic" (for lack of better term, really, I hate using that to describe names as all names are ethnic). I think they were from some sort of African country.
Fatoumatta and Momodon welcomed Mustapha Lamin.
While we're here, does anyone know what ethnicity/language these names are from?
Fatoumatta and Momodon welcomed Mustapha Lamin.
While we're here, does anyone know what ethnicity/language these names are from?
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Quick Google searches for the names lead to Gambia. The names are probably from Mandinka.
Some name sources:
http://resourcepage.gambia.dk/names.htm
This has a sound clip of the pronunciation of Fatoumata
http://howtosaythatname.com/component/option,com_mtree/task,listcats/cat_id,53/Itemid,4/
Some name sources:
http://resourcepage.gambia.dk/names.htm
This has a sound clip of the pronunciation of Fatoumata
http://howtosaythatname.com/component/option,com_mtree/task,listcats/cat_id,53/Itemid,4/
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hmm, definately nms! But, i do like that the parents are honoring their ethnicity, keeping it alive! They seem like arabic names to me, not sure which country though
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