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Bambara language

FamilycolorNiger-Congo
NameBambara
NativenameBamanankan
StatesMali Mali
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso
Côte d'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire
Guinea Guinea
Senegal Senegal
The Gambia The Gambia
Regioncentral southern Mali and abroad
Speakers4,000,000, second language speakers 8-10 millions (estimation, 2010; the figures by the Ethnologue of 2,700,000 are out of date)
Fam1Niger � Congo ?
Fam2Mande
Fam3Western Mande
Fam4...
Fam5Manding
Fam6East Manding
Fam7Bamana
Iso1bm|iso2=bam|iso3=bam
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Bambara, more correctly known as Bamanankan (ߓߡߊߣߊ߲ߞߊ߲), its designation in the language itself (literally 'Bamana(n) sound'), is a language spoken in Mali by as many as six million people (including second language users). The Bambara language is the mother tongue of the Bambara ethnic group, numbering about 4,000,000 people, but serves also as a lingua franca in Mali (it is estimated that about 80% of the population speaks it as a first or second language). It is an SOV language and has two tones.


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