Mangani is a word from the fictional ape language in Tarzan novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs. It is the name for the apes that raised Tarzan, as well as the general word for great apes. The language used by these apes is generally referred to as Mangani or the Mangani language. Edgar Rice Burroughs Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan, although he also produced works in many genres. ... For other uses, see Tarzan (disambiguation). ...

Examples

• Tarzan = White-skin
• Mangani = Great Ape (also refers to humans)
• tarmangani = "Great White Apes", i.e., white-skinned people, such as Tarzan himself
• gomangani = "Great Black Apes", i.e., dark-skinned people,
• bolgani = gorillas.
• nala = up
• tand-nala = down
• Kreegah bundolo = "Beware; (I) kill!"

Kreegah Bundolo is a phrase that Tarzan cried out to warn of danger. ...

Mangani as a species of ape

The apes raising Tarzan are commonly portrayed as gorillas but this seems unlikely since in the books, they are explicitly identified as a separate species. Burroughs also gave them many non-gorilla traits such as eating meat. In Philip José Farmer's Tarzan Alive, it is speculated that they are actually a variety of Australopithecus. Type species Troglodytes gorilla Savage, 1847 distribution of Gorilla Species Gorilla gorilla Gorilla beringei The gorilla, the largest of the living primates, is a ground-dwelling omnivore that inhabits the forests of Africa. ... Philip José Farmer (born January 26, 1918) is an American author, principally known for his science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories. ... Tarzan Alive Tarzan Alive: A Definitive Biography of Lord Greystoke (Bison Books, ISBN 0803269218, softcover, 312pp) is a fictional biography written by author Philip José Farmer in 1972. ... For the song by Modest Mouse, see Sad Sappy Sucker. ...

The recently discovered Bili Ape shares many of the traits of fictional Mangani including size, locale, meat-eating and aggressive nature. It has been suggested that the Mangani be retroactively identified as Bili Apes. A juvenile Bili ape in the Gangu Forest (photo by Cleve Hicks). ...

The Mangani environmentalist movement

The Mangani is also a grassroots environmental movement in the US, most notably in Florida.

Mangani-the Reggaeton artist

Mangani is the name of an up and coming Reggaeton artist from Loiza, Puerto Rico currently living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is signed to Wu Tang Latino Records, and runs Mangani Entertainment, an artist management company.

External links

• English-Mangani/Mangani-English Dictionary By Dr. Peter Coogan(pdf)
• http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/etc/tarmangani.html
• http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Dimension/4511/apedict.html
• http://www.erblist.com/erbmania/tangor/ape-english.html
• http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/Tarzan/tarzan.vocab.html
• The Mangani Movement Official Site
• http://www.myspace.com/mangani

What kind of apes raised Tarzan?

• http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mtarzan.html