Explore: Bambara (langue)

rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. Bambara, also known as Bamana (N'Ko script: ߓߡߊߣߊ߲) or Bamanankan (N'Ko script:

Manding languages and is most closely related to Bambara, being mutually intelligible with Bambara as well as Malinke. It is a trade language in West

its long history. Ethnologue counts more than 80 languages. Of these, Bambara, Bobo, Bozo, Dogon, Fula, Arabic, Kassonke, Maninke, Minyanka, Senufo,

Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (French pronunciation: [ɛ̃stity nɑsjɔnal de lɑ̃ɡ e sivilizɑsjɔ̃ ɔʁjɑ̃tal]; transl. "National

largest city is Bamako. The country has 13 official languages, of which Bambara is the most commonly spoken. The sovereign state's northern borders reach

languages Bambara and Jula. Carlson notes that "it is probable that several grammatical constructions are calques on the corresponding Bambara constructions"

contact entre les langues Minyanka et Bambara (Sud du Mali). Köln: Rüdiger Köppe. Prost, André (1964) Contributrion à l'étude des langues Voltaiques. Dakar:

the Mandé peoples. They include Maninka (Malinke), Mandinka, Soninke, Bambara, Kpelle, Jula (Dioula), Bozo, Mende, Susu, and Vai. There are around 60

ka (cf. Manding kà), the suffixes -ri (resultative – cf. Mandinka -ri, Bambara -li process nouns), -ncè (ethnonymic, cf. Soninke -nke, Mandinka -nka)

Bozo (Bambara: Boso, meaning 'house of straw') is a Mande language spoken by the Bozo people of the Inner Niger Delta in Mali. For the purpose of fishing