Baldeh is a last name certainly. There might be 'Bandeh' as well, just because of the pronounciation difficulty. I am convinced that it should be Baldeh, which is the same as Bah.
On the other hand, one cannot rule out that a surname 'Bandeh' might exist.
A little observation:
For e.g.
Some non-Fulbe from my home village pronounce 'Baldeh' as 'Bandeh.' There are numerous alphabets that are in 'hal-pular' that I don't find in english and others. It might be the same for others as well. In a similar vein, arabic doesn't have 'p', instead they use 'f' for the work of the 'P'.
The above is just my observation and not from any book . I will keep an eye to it, and probably further to ask my matrilineal uncles who are Baldeh by surnames. May be others might come to your aid as well if you state what led to your question.
Baldeh-bolong!
YJ
> Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 17:35:11 -0400
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> Probably both. I know people who have the last name Baldeh and others with the last name Bandeh. it could also be, that somehow along the line, one of these last names changed due to mispronunciation and just stuck. Or that they just completely have nothing to do with each other. i am not an expert on this, but that is my take, Hopefully the Baldeh's can shed some light on this
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